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H this whimfical requeft ; but I ihoBght 
good humour at fiicli a moment fliould not 
be interrupted. I therefore defired an A- 
merican failor who fat near me to fmg one 
of his beft fongs. He no fooner began than 
^cll the Lafcars tuned tht^ir pipes ; this fet a 
going the Swedes^ Portuguefe^ Dutchmen^ and 
all the crewj each party fung in their iever- 
al languages, and at the lame time. Such a. 
concert I believe was never heard before ; 
but the liberal and m^erry old colonift was fo 
entertained with their 7nufi€k^ tli'dil he had 
nearly dropt from his chair in a fit of laugh- 
ter. 1 mention thefe little anecdotes to Ihew 
the difpofition of fome of the people vvho are 
lettled in thefe parts ; and that nc-twithftand- 
ing there are m.any who are perhaps dead to 
the feelings of humanity, ftill there are oth- 
ers of a very different defcription, and high- 
ly merit our proteilion and efteem. 
I was provided this night with a fiieep's- 
fKin, on v/hich I refted under the roof of 
the farmer's cottage ; but there was not 
rcom for all, and therefore m oft of my poor 
fellows were obliged to fleep in the air. A 
fimilar inconvenience had happened fo fre- 
quently fmce we reached the colonies that 
we determined to feparate. We were now 
Qut of the reach of the BojUs-mcn^ and there- 
fore we might travel in lefs numbers, and 
with iecurity. At fome of the farms vx 
had palled, the proprietors could not furn- 
ifli us with a waesron, and therefore, altho^ 
I was generally accommodated with z r^.oric, 
