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he continues, " I could not survey this in- 
teresting person without feelings of tenderness 
and compassion. His companion was named 
George Young, a fine youth, of seventeen or 
eighteen years of age." 
If the astonishment of the captains was 
great on hearing their first salutation in 
English, their surprise and interest were 
not a little increased, on Sir Thomas Staines 
taking the youths below and setting before 
them something to eat, when one of them 
rose up, and placing his hands together in 
a posture of devotion, distinctly repeated, 
and in a pleasing tone and manner, "For 
what we are going to receive, the Lord make 
us truly thankful." 
They expressed great surprise on seeing 
a cow on board the Briton, and were in doubt 
whether she was a great goat, or a horned 
sow. 
The two captains of his Majesty's ships 
accompanied these young men on shore. 
With some difficulty, and a good wetting, 
and with the assistance of their conductors, 
they accomplished a landing through the 
surf, and were soon after met by John 
