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ward ; and, indeed, at the beft of times, 

 the fliip never went above fix knots ; for 

 fhe was a heavy-going thing. On the 

 2 7 th of May we croffed the line ; when 

 finding that our water was grown ex- 

 tremely fliortj and that it would be al- 

 moft impoffible to reach Europe without 

 a fupply, it was refolved to bear away 

 for Martinico. On the 29 th of June, 

 in the morning, we made the ifland of 

 Tobago, and then fliaped a courfe for 

 Martinico ; and on the firft of July, by 

 our reckonings, expelled to fee it, but 

 were difappointed. This v^as imputed 

 10 the currents, which, whether they had 

 fet the fliip to the eaftward or w^eftward, 

 nobody could tell ; but upon looking 

 over the charts, it was imagined, if the 

 current had driven her to the weftward, 

 it muft have been among the Grana- 

 dillos, which was thought impoffible 

 without feeing any of them, as they are 



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