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But, unhappily, the proprietor of the 

 v^flel now defired to be fet on fhore, and we 

 could not weigh anchor until the failors, who 

 went off with the boat fhould return. At 7 

 o'clock Mr. — — took his departure from the 

 veffei, carrying with him the other paffengers, 

 and leaving me to make the remainder of the 

 voyage alone. 



I before obferved that thefe gentlemen 

 brought no provifions on board 5 and as my 

 fcanty ftock had only ferved the mefs for a 

 {ingle dinner, we had already been reduced 

 to the negro diet of plantains and water for 

 nearly two days. This had, hitherto, been 

 no inconvenience to me, for my fekened (lo- 

 rn ach refufed equally every kind of nourifh- 

 ment ; but my greateft diftrefs arofe from the 

 other paffengers having devoured every morfel 

 of my fruit, while I was lying fick and ill be- 

 low, not leaving me a fhaddock, nor an orange, 

 to mo; (len my lips, or cool my tongue. 



On their leaving the (loop, I earneftly 

 entreated them not to detain the boat a mo- 

 ment after they landed, left we fhould be pre- 

 vented from reaching Berbifche by night. 



