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their cannon, when they did not bring 

 them oxen J fo wls, a nd riccj as expeditioufly 

 as they required. The people of Foule- 

 pointe have not yet forgotten, and often re- 

 late, that, at the beginning of this centur)^, 

 the crew of an European veflTel invited a 

 multitude of the iflanders into a large tent, 

 and the moment it was filled, the timber- 

 work fell down, fo that by this ftratagem 

 the Europeans were able to feize a great 

 number of them, whom they made flaves. 

 Were I difpofed to pafs over fuch crimes in 

 filence, I fliould think it ufeful to make 

 mention of them, in order to fhew how 

 many evils and atrocities our European pre- 

 deceflbrs have left us to repair. 



The pirates continued their depredations 

 with fuccefs till the year 1722 ; but, at this 

 period, feveral nations, alarmed by the 

 enormous lofles which their comifierce fuf- 

 tained, united together to deliver the Indian 

 O 3 ' feas 



