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had a quarrel with the purfer, and now 

 fome words arifing between them, the 

 Jatter told him he was come to mutiny j 

 and without any further ceremony fired 

 a piftol at his iiead, w^hich narrowly 

 miffed him. The captain, hearing the 

 report of the piftol. and perhaps the pur- 

 ler's words, that Cozens v^as come to mu- 

 tiny, ran out of his hut with a cocked 

 piftol in his hand, and, without alking 

 any queftions, immediately fliot him 

 through the head. I was at this time in 

 my hut, as the weather v/as extremely 

 bad ; but running out upon the alarm of 

 this firing, the^ firft thing I faw was Mr. 

 Cozens on the ground, weltering in his 

 blood : he v/as fenfible, and took me by 

 the hand, as he did feveral others, fhaking 

 his head, as if he meant to take leave of 

 us. If Mr. Cozens' behaviour to his 

 captain was indecent and provoking, the 

 captain's, on the other hand, was rafli 

 and hafty ; if the firft was wanting in 



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