SPÎL3Î3UÎIY*S tÔYAGË to AÎ^RîCAi 
paid Some little attention to our wants : he was, indeed, à îul* 
liume man. JJuriug the course of this day Do provision was 
îhouglît of; and from the women nothing was heard l>iit sighs 
and moans. The French captain desired us to sleep in the 
cpbin,^ and a sentry was piaced to see the men did not plunder us. 
The sentries were, however, as had as the rest; so we had nd 
clinnce of keeping what litîie we liad reînaining. They were not 
content with what they could get from us, but broke open nho 
the V, omen's chests, and stole chemises and every other article 
of îhtîr parapiiernalia. At night I chanced to sleep near onr 
captain's wine-bin, and coidd not refrain from so good an oppor- 
tunity of procuring refreshoient. We broached and drank twô 
l)otd<-s ; being very careful ho\Aever, tluit the sentry 
sho'dd not see us. It was duririg this time tiiat the sentries 
opened the lady's chests and stole her clothes. I had a 
boy in my list extremely ill, named Corbet^ whom dur- 
ing the chace v,e had laid below. He was, after our being 
boarded, continually run ovv'-r by the Frenchmen; for they having 
SMorn to stab any one \\ \'o should oppose them, none dared to 
put theoîselves m iheïr v.ay. in consequence of this treatment, 
the blood gushed out of his nose and eyes : the poor lad lingered 
?» few days aitd died. As so*)n as he had breathed his last, 
they bundled him hammock, bedding, and all, into the sea, like 
ad«.>g, with' ut funeral service, or any other ceremony. 
The next day I arranged njy sick, and the wounded French- 
men of the privateer, i was ordered to place the French and 
Spaniards ;*ft, the English forward but never could get any wine 
for them, thougli the officers had taken possession of all Captain 
Davies's and our's, of which there was a vert larsie stock. One 
of our men, named Francisco, a Portuguese, immediately en* 
tered the French service, and became the commissary's steward, 
and throu^ih his means onr people had as much to eat and to 
drink as they pleased ; nor did they ever abuse the favour. This 
indulgence was far from the case with our poor fellows in the 
othei ships, viho were allowed three half pints of water a day, 
a vtrv short quantity considering the intense heat of the climate; 
they iiad also a large spoonful of brandy in the morning, one at 
noon, and a third at night, and numbers of these unfortunate mert 
îsoid tlie SHiall remains of their clothes to procure provisions. 
As to msself, I cannot complain of my treatment The only 
thing which distressed me was th^ sighs and moans of the lady, 
w ho, though treated witli the greatest respect by every officer on 
board, never ceased, and her complaints at last became really 
troublesome. While we were with them we contmued running 
to the southward, and they talked of going to Sierra Leone; 
but all the Enghsh on board every ship gave such an account of 
