io8 Meeting the Antelope 0 / London. 
^«i 659. But to return from this DigrefTion: 
Having fair Weather, and the Winds hang- 
ing Southerly, I jog’d on to the Eaftward, 
to make the Cape. On the third of jum 
we faw a Sail to Leeward of us, (hewing 
Englijh Colours. I bore away to fpeak 
with her, and found her to be the Antelop 
of London^ commanded by Captain 
wond^ and bound for the Bay of Bengal in 
the Service of the New-Eajl-India Compa- 
ny. There were many Paffengers aboard, 
going to fettle there under Sir Edward Lit- 
tleton, who was going Chief thither : I 
went aboard, and was known by Sir Ed- 
ward, and Mr. Hedges, and kindly received 
and treated by them and the Commander ; 
who had been afraid of us before , tho’ I 
had fent one of my Officers aboard. They 
had been in at the Cape, and came from 
thence the Day before, having ftockt thera- 
felves witli Refrefhments. 'Ihey told me 
' that they were by Reckoning, 60 Miles to 
the Weft of the Cape. While I was aboard 
them, a finefmall Wdterly Wind fprang 
up;thcrefore I fhortned my Itay withthern, 
bccaufe I did not defign to go in to ihtCape. 
When I took leave I was prefented with 
half a Mutton, 12 Cabbages, lePum- 
kins, 6 Pound of Butter, 6 Couple of 
Stockfifli , and a quantity of Parfnips ; 
fending thena feme Oatmeal, which they 
