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was ten times worfe even than hunger. But 

 we were clean in comparifon to captain 

 Cheap ; for I could compare his body to 

 nothing but an ant-hill, with thoufands 

 of thofe infe(5ts crawling over it ; for he 

 w^as now paft attempting to rid himfelf 

 in the leaft from this torment, as he had 

 quite loft himfelf, not recoUe^ling our 

 names that were about him, or even his 

 own. His beard was as long as a her- 

 mit's : that and his face being covered 

 wiih train-oil and dirt, from having 

 long accuftomed himfelf to fleep upon a 

 bag, by the way of pillow, in which he 

 kept the pieces of ftinking feal. This 

 prudent method he took to prevent our 

 getting at it whilft he flept. His legs 

 were as big as mill-pofts, though his 

 body appeared to be nothing but fkin 

 and bone. 



One day we fell in with about forty 

 Indians, who came down to the beach 

 we landed on, curioufly painted. Our ca- 

 cique 



