25S LOSS OF A JAMAICA SLOOP. 
went on several miles farther, but found no signs of inhabi- 
tants ; and having made an end of our little provisions the day 
"before, began to be quite out of heart, and apprehensive of 
starving, having nothing with us that could by any means 
provide for our subsistence. We came to a large lake or la- 
goon of water, which had a communication with the sea, the 
stream of which I observed ran out of the sea into the lagoon. 
One of our men forded it^ and went on the other side to see 
what he could discover; and in about two hours returned 
with the joyful news of having discovered the print of a man's 
foot, which gave us hopes of noi being iar from the inhabi- 
tants. With much ado we forded over the mouth of the la- 
goon, and continued on our journey till we came to another 
deep and rapid river, which there was no passing without 
bark logs ; Ave fell to our old work of gathering bamboos, 
and such dry wood as we could gather to make them ; but 
they being very scarce, could not gather so many together 
that night as we wanted. Made a fire upon the point of the 
river, where we took up our lodgings ; several showers of 
rain incommoded us very much, and had almost put out our 
fire; we grew faint and weak for want -of sustenance; how- 
ever, about nine o'clock the next morning, we finished our 
bark logs, and put over the river. Having landed, dried our 
clothes, that we might travel the lighter, which had been our 
custom in our whole journey, they being wet in passing the 
rivers, and being continually pestered with musketoes and 
flies, and more so whenever we s^t or lay down, we proceed- 
ed along the shore, and had not gone above half a mile before 
we discovered a path which led into the woods, the sight of 
which gave me inexpressible joy; we followed it, and in 
about half a mile farther we saw a hut, and soon after, to our 
great comfort, a white man appeared. He asked us who Ave 
were, and from Avhence Ave came; AA^e related to him our mis- 
fortunes ; he pitied our condition, and asking Avhere the cap- 
tain was, he Avas told I vA-as the person, and my name; he 
said he knew me AA^hen I commanded a packet-boat to Ja- 
maica, and Avhat his cottage afforded I should he very Avel- 
come to. He soon provided us Avith something to eat, Avhich 
we had great need of This person's name Avas Luke Haugh- 
ton, Avhose family consisted of two AA'omen and an Indian boy 
of about fifteen years of age; the boy Avas his slave, as Avas 
one of the Avomen, Avho used to sleep Avith him, and dress his 
provisions, whom he kept as his Avife ; the other Avoman Avas 
a slave to a white man Avho was absent. A little distance 
