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 which would detain him from us three 

 or four days. 



After fearching the coaft fome time 

 with very little fuccefs, we began to think 

 of returning to the barge j but fix of the 

 men, with the Indian, having advanced 

 fome few paces before the officers, got 

 into the boat firft ; which they had no 

 fooner done than they put off, and left 

 us, to return no more. And now all the 

 difficulties we had hitherto endured, 

 feemed light in comparifon of what we 

 expelled to fuffer from this treachery of 

 our men, who, with the boat, had taken 

 away every thing that might be the means 

 of preferving our lives. The little 

 cloaths we had faved from the wreck, 

 our mufkets and ammunition, were gone, 

 except a little powder, which muft be 

 preferved for kindling fires, and one 

 gun, which I had, and was now become 

 ufelefs for want of ammunition ; and all 

 thefe wants were now come upon us at 



a time 



