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the greater part of the night fwearing and 

 ftamping upon deck; and, in .his watchful 

 look-out for the boat, kept himfelf awake by- 

 pouring dread Barbadian curfes upon the heads 

 pf thofe who detained it 



After a long and wearifome watching the 

 eye of morning unclofed, and day again broke 

 in at the opening of the cabin. Much rain 

 had fallen during the night, but the fun fmiled 

 propitious through his morning robes, and 

 feemed to offer cheerful greetings. With 

 eager anxiety I fought tidings of our boat, 

 but could obtain no intelligence regarding her* 

 Neither was fhe arrived, nor in fight. The 

 whole round of a day and night had paffed, 

 fince fhe left us, and we were wholly loft in, 

 conjecture what could poffibly detain her. 



I now began to feel Alarmed for my fel- 

 ]ow-paffengers, and foon became more anxious 

 concerning their fafety, than regarding the 

 return of the boat. Something furely muft 

 have happened. The tide and the mud ap- 

 peared no longer fufficient to explain the de- 

 lay. Still had we no means of obtaining, nor 

 even of feeking information, and it only re- 



