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ever, our ftomachs were far from loath-^ 

 - ing. The next bufinefs which the peo- 

 ple fet about very ferioufly, was to pro- 

 ceed to Mount Mifery, and bury the 

 corpfeaf the murdered perfon, mentioned 

 to have been diftovered there fome little 

 time after our being caft away; for to 

 the negle(!l of this neceflary tribute to 

 that unfortunate perfon, the men af- 

 figned all their ill fuccefs upon the late 

 expedition. 



That common people in general are 

 addifted to fuperftitious conceits, is an 

 obfervation founded on experience ; and 

 the reafon is evident : but I cannot al- 

 lov7 that common feamen are more To 

 than others of the lower clafs. In the 

 mofi: enlightened ages of antiquity, we 

 find it to have been the popular opinion, 

 that the fpirits of the dead were not at 

 reft till their bodies were interred ; and 

 that they did not ceafe to haunt and 

 trouble thofe who had neglefted this 

 jr duty 



