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BO leave to go afliore. The weather wa^ 

 extremely cold, and felt particularly fo 

 to us, who had been folong ufed to hot 

 climates ; and what made it ftill worfe, 

 we were very thinly clad. We had nei- 

 ther fire nor candle ; for they were al- 

 lowed on board of no fliip in the har- 

 bour, for fear of accidents, being clofe 

 to their magazines in the dock-yard. ^ 

 Some of the officers belonging to the (hip 

 were fo kind to fend us off victuals every 

 day, or we might have ftarved ; for mon- 

 fieur Llntendant never fent us even a 

 meflage ; and though there was a very 

 large fquadron of men of war fitting out 

 at that time, not one officer belonging 

 to them ever came near captain Cheap. 

 From five in the evening we were ob- 

 liged to fit in the dark ; and if we chofe 

 to have any fupper, it was neceflary to 

 place it very near us before that time, 

 or we never could have found it. We 

 6 had 



