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commander is fo tenacious regarding the 

 veiTel under his direction, that it were treafon 

 for any other perion to fpeak of her as a bad 

 faildn 



The poor captain now ftamped and fwore 

 Worfe than ever ; and I had a full opportu- 

 nity of hearing the whole catalogue of Vulgar 

 fea-oaths, delivered in the broadeft Creole dia- 

 lect. He curfed the veHd's eyes, her heart, 

 and her fides— uttered dreadful oaths upon 

 her head, her foul, and her liver, and after 

 loading her with all the dreadful imprecations 

 that vulgar rage could invent, he completed 

 the climax, by exclaiming to the failors 11 d — 5 

 hef^ cut her old throaty d her T* 



After much exertion, and a varied repe- 

 tition of oaths, and enraged ftampings upon 

 the deck, the vefTel was brought about, and 

 we flood in for the fhbre, failing for a fliort 

 time in fteady approach to the river; but 

 within lefs than a fhort half-hour, the bright 

 profpect, which had fo recently opened to us, 

 was again obfeured, by the Voltigeur ftriking 

 upon the mud, and being nearly fixed aground. 

 Fortunately ftie went about on this tack, with 



