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Ferd Iflands and clean. But here again by an 

 intolerable Stupidity and want of Judgment, they 

 got fo far to Leeward of their Port, that defc 

 pairing to regain it, or any of the Windvvard 

 Parts of Africa J they were obliged to go back 

 again with the Trade-Wind, for the Wefi^Indles ; 

 which had very near been the Deftrudion ot them 

 Uli. Surinam was the Place now defigned tor^ which 

 was at no lets than 700 Leagues Dirtance, and they 

 had but one Hogfhead ot Water left to fupply 

 124 Souls for that Paffage a fad Circumftancef 

 that eminently expofes the Folly and Madnefs 

 among Pyrates, and he muft be an inconfideratd 

 Wretch indeed, who^ if he could feparate thef 

 Wickednefs and Punifhnment frorn the Fa£t, would 

 yet hazard his Life amidft fuch Dangers, as their 

 want of Skill and Forecaft itiade them liable to. 



Their Sins, we may prefume were never fo trdii- 

 bleforae to their Memories, as now, that inevita- 

 ble Deftruftion leem'd to threaten them^ without 

 the leaft Glympfe of Comfort dr Alleviation to 

 their Mifery ^ for^ with what Face could Wretches 

 ivho had ravaged and made fo many NeceffitouSj^ 

 look up for Relief \ they had to that Moment li-* 

 ved in Defiance of the Power that now alone they 

 muft truft for their Prefervatton, and indeed witli^ 

 out the miraculous Intervention of Providence, there 

 appeared only this miferable Choice, viz. a pre- 

 ftnt Death by their awn Hands, or a ling"* ring one 

 by Famine. 



They continued theif* Courle^ and dame td an 

 Allowance of one fmgle Mouthful ot Water fotf 

 ^4 Hours ^ many of them drank their Urine, or 

 Sea Water, which, inftead of allaying, gave thefu 

 an inextinguiihable Thirft, that killed rhem : Others 

 pined and wafted ft little more Time 11^ Fluxed 

 and Apyrexies, fo that they drdpped a Way daily / 

 Thofe that luftaii>'d the Mifery beft, were fuch as 



