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given upon the coaft. This was not 

 the annual vefTel, but one of thofe that I 

 mentioned before which come unexpedl- 

 edly. The captain of her was an old 

 man, well known upon the ifland, who 

 had traded here once in two or three 

 years, for more than thirty years paft. 

 He had a remarkable large head, and 

 therefore was commonly known by a 

 nick-name they had given him of Ca- 

 huqo de Toro, or Buirs-head. He had 

 not been here a week before he came to 

 the governor, and told him, with a moft 

 melancholy countenance, that he had 

 not flept a wink fince he came into the 

 harbour, as the governor was pleafed to 

 allow three Englifli prifoners liberty to 

 walk about inftead of confining them ; 

 and that he expeded every moment they 

 would board his veflel, and carry her 

 away : this he faid when he had above 

 thirty hands aboard. The governor af- 

 fured him he would be anfwerable for 



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