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tvere inclined to join the captain in his 

 -undertaking ; and if they were, to bring 

 them over to him. For this fett, the 

 party gone off in the long-boat had 

 left an half allowance proportion of the 

 cominon flock of provifion. Thefe men, 

 upon the propofal, readily agreed to join 

 their commander ; and being conduced 

 to him, increafed our number to twenty. 

 The boats which remained in our pof- 

 feflion to carry off all thefe people, 

 were only the barge and yawl, two very 

 crazy bottoms ; the broadfide of the laft 

 was entirely out, and the firft had fufFer- 

 ed much in variety of bad weather flie 

 had gone through, and was much out 

 of repair. And now our carpenter 

 ■was gone from us, we had no re- 

 medy for thefe misfortunes, but the 

 little fkill we had gained from him. 

 However, we made tolerable fliift to 

 patch up the boats for our purpofe. In 

 the height of our diftrefles, when hunger, 



f which 



