350 Of Capt. George Lowther, 



on Boardy for it was high Time to put their ProjeU in 

 Execution. 



'As fbon as Alajfey received this Letter^ he went 

 to the Soldiers at the Barrach^ and faid to them, 

 and others, 7m that have a Mind to go to England, 

 mw is yoicr Time \ and they generally confenting, 

 Majfey went to the Store-Room, burft open the 

 Poor, fet two Centinels upon it, and ordered that 

 no Body fhould come near it \ then he went to the 

 Governor's Apartment, and took his Bed, Bag- 

 gage, Plate and Furnitprre, (in Expeflration that 

 the Governor himfelf, as he had ^loimred Mapy^ 

 would have gone on Board, which he afterwards 

 refufed, by Reafon, as he faid, he believed they 

 were going a- py rating which at firft, whatever 

 Lowther defigned, Majfey certainly propofed oilly 

 the going to England ^ ) when this was done, he 

 lent the Boat off to the chief Mate, with this Mef- 

 fige. That he Jhould get the Guns rj^ady^ for that the 

 King of Barro {jx Negro Kingdom near the Royal 

 African Settlement] would come aboard to Dinner. 

 But Lowther underftandingbeft, the meaning of thofe 

 Orders, he confined the chief Mate, fhotted the 

 Guns, and put the Ship in a Condition for failing. 

 In the Afternoon Maffey came on Board with the 

 Governor's Son, having fent off all the Provifions 

 of the Ifland, and eleven Pipes of Wine, leaving 

 ^ily two half Pipes behind in the Store-Houfe, 

 and difmoun^d all the Guns of the Fort. 



In the Afternomi they weighed one Anchor, but 

 fearing to be too late to get out of the River, they 

 flipped the other, and fo fell down^ in doing of 

 which, they run the Ship a-ground. Maffey fliew'd 

 himfelt a Soldier upon this Accident, for as foon as 

 the Misfortune happened, he left the Ship with 

 about fixteen Hands, and rows direftly to the 

 Fort, remounts the Guns, and keeps Garrifoa 



there 



