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pleated their bufmefs here, they failed 

 the 27 th of January ; but about eight 

 days after our fliip fprung a very dan- 

 gerous leak forward ; but fo low, that 

 there was no poffibility of flopping it 

 without returning into port, and lighten- 

 ing her till they could come at it. Ac- 

 cordingly we feparated from the other 

 fliips, and made the beft of our way for 

 Valparaifo, keeping all hands at the 

 pump night and day, paflengers and all. 

 However, as it happened, this proved a 

 lucky circumftance for the Lys, as the 

 three other fliips were taken ; and which 

 certainly would have been her fate like- 

 wife, had flie kept company with the reft. 

 As foon as we got into port, they lighten- 

 ed the fhip forwards, and brought her 

 by the ftern till they came at the leak, 

 which was foon flopped. They made all 

 the difpatch poflible in compleating the 

 water again. Whilft at Valparaifo, we 

 had one of the moft violent fliocks of an 

 I earth"- 



