188 SHIPWRECK OF M. DE BRISSON. 
pie made no delay in hastening to our deliverance, as soon as 
the weather would allow. To our great sorrow, and as a far- 
ther trial of our patience, the next day continued very stormy, 
and though we doubted not but the people on shore knew our 
condition, and would assist us as soon as possible, yet our 
flesh being nearly consumed, being without fresh water, and 
uncertain hoAV long the unfavorable weather might continue, 
our situation was extremely miserable. We, however, re- 
ceived great benefit from our fire, as we could both warm 
ourselves and broil our meat. 
The next day, the men being very importunate for flesh, I 
gave them rather more than usual, but not to their satisfaction. 
They would certainly have eaten up the whole at once, had I 
not carefully watched them, with the intention of sharing the 
rest next morning, if the weather continued bad. The wind, 
however, abated that night, and early next morning a shallop 
came for us, with my much esteemed friends Captain Long 
and Captain Purver, and three more men, who brought a 
large canoe, and in two hours got us all on board, being 
obliged to carry almost all of us upon their backs from the 
tent to the canoe, and fetch us ofi' by two or three at a time. 
When we first came on board the shallop, each of us ate a 
piece of bread and drank a dram of rum, and most of us were 
extremely sea-sick ; but, after we had cleared our stomachs, 
and tasted warm, nourishing food, we became so exceeding- 
hungry and ravenous, that, had not our friends dieted us, and 
limited the quantity for two or three days, we should certainly 
have destroyed ourselves with eating. 
Two days after our coming on shore, my apprentice lost 
the greater part of one foot ; all the rest recovered their limbs, 
but not their perfect use; very few, excepting myself, escap- 
ing without losing the benefit of fingers or toes, though other- 
wise all in perfect health. 
THE SHIPWRECK OF M. DE BRISSON 
On the Coast of Barbara/, and of his Captivity among the 
Moors, Written by himself. 
Having made several voyages to Africa, I received an or- 
der in June, 1785, from the Marshal de Castries, then minis- 
