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C H A P. XIV. 



OF 



t. George Lomther^ 



And his Crew. 



GEorge Lowther failed out of the River of 

 liamesy in one of the Royal African Com- 

 pany's Ships, caird the Gambia Caflle^ of i6 

 Guns and 30 Men, Charles Rujfel Commander ^ of 

 which Ship, the faid Lowther was fecond Mate* 

 Aboard of the fame Ship, was a certain Number 

 of Soldiers, commanded by one "John Maffey^ who 

 were to be carried to one of the Company Set- 

 tlements, on the River of Gambia^ to Garrifon a 

 Fort, which was fometime ago taken and deftroy'd 

 by Captain Davis the Pyrate. 



In May 172T, the Gambia Cajilc came fafe to her 

 Port in Africa^ and landed Captain ^ajfey and his 

 Men on James'^s Ifland, where he was to Command 

 under the Governor, Colonel Whitney^ who arrived 

 there at the fame Time, in another Ship : And here, 

 by a fatal Mifunderftanding, between the military 

 Folks and the Trading People, the Fort and Gar- 

 ,rifon not only came to be loft ^igain to the Company, 

 but a fine Galley well provided, and worth 10000 U 

 turned againfl her Mafters. 



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