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the increased number of mouths : our cheese and ham were 

 finished, — then our peas gave out, and we had no more pea- 

 soup, — next the butter came to an end, and we had to eat our 

 biscuit dry, — our bread and pork, too, got very short, and we 

 had to be put upon allowance. We then got some supplies 

 from another ship; but our voyage was so much prolonged, 

 and we had adverse winds and another heavy gale, so that we 

 were again in want, finished our last piece of meat, and had to 

 make some scanty dinners off biscuit and water. Again we 

 were relieved with a little supply of pork and some molasses, 

 and so managed pretty well. 



We were in the Channel on the night of the 29th of Sep- 

 tember, when a violent gale occurred, that did great damage to 

 the shipping, and caused the destruction of many vessels much 

 more seaworthy than our own. The next morning we had 

 four feet of water in the hold. 



On the I St of October the pilot came on board, and Captain 

 Turner and myself landed at Deal, after an eighty days' 

 voyage from Para; thankful for having escaped so many 

 dangers, and glad to tread once more on English ground. 



