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the courfe of this expedition ; for cap- 

 tain Cheap, and every one elfe, had 

 entirely given themfelves up for lofc. 

 However, it pleafed God that we got 

 that evening into Redwood Cove, where 

 the weather continued fo bad all night, 

 we could keep no fire in to dry ourfelves 

 with ; but there being no other alterna- 

 tive for us, but to ftay here and ftarve, 

 or put to fea again, wc chofe the latter, 

 and put out in the morning again, 

 though the weather was very little 

 mended. In three or four days after, 

 we arrived at our old ftation, Wager*s 

 ifland^ butinfucli a miferable plight, that 

 though we though t our condition upon fet- 

 tingout would not admit of any additional 

 circumftance of mifery, yet it was to be 

 envied in comparifon of what we now 

 fufFered, fo worn and reduced were we 

 by fatigue and hunger ; having eat no- 

 thing for fome days but fea-weed and 

 tangle. Upon this expedition, we had 



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