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The lafliings, that held the raft, having 
given way, and the fpars carried to a con- 
liderable diftaiice from the fliip, we loft all 
hope ircni that quarter. ^ — At length, one 
of the crew, who was a black, plunged into 
the waves, and by exertions which feemed 
more than human, gained axid feated him- 
leif on the raft.— He fcarcely remained in 
that fituation 'for ten minutes., w^hen the 
whole was turned over, and the man com- 
pletely enveloped in the fea. In a few mo- 
Piients, hovv^ever, we perceived him in his 
fo^rmer feat, Again he endured a fimilar 
laistortune ; and a third facceedede — Still 
he builetecl the waves, and gained the raft, 
imtii at leiigtb, after fufiering two hours 
of fatigue, which, until then, 1 could not 
pollibly imagine human nature could fur^ 
vive, he drifted on ftiore. 
1 hs natives, wiio had kindled feveral fires, 
appeared ixi great numbers on the fliore. 
They were inoftly clothed in Ikins, . armed 
witli fpearsj and accompanied by a yaft num- 
ber of dogs. A party of them feized ths 
man who Lad landed, and conducted him 
behind the fand-hills that line the coaft, and 
which hid him entirely from our view. " 
Twelve of my people now launched them.- 
felves on different fpars, and whatever pieces 
of timber they could find. They braved all 
difficulties, and at laft gained the land. No 
fooner had tliey reached the beach, than the 
natives came dow^n, feized and conducted 
them alfo behind the (Imd-hills. As it wa^ 
