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" turner; it is a bone which has been 
cc (craped to this form." — The anfwer 
fiienccd my opponents, and gave me a 
right to conclude, that as the failors had 
not deviated from truth in this particular, 
fo they deferved credit for their narrative 
in general. 
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I mnft indeed confefs, that I mvfclf 
have often been tempted to doubt the 
truth of feveral circumfrances, and have 
therefore carefully and impartially con- 
sidered every thino; thefc men related to 
me. But though I put the fame quefHons 
to them at different times, and on dif- 
ferent occasions, often obi eel: ed to their 
anfvvcrs, and by crofs examination en- 
deavoured to find them in contradiction?; 
yet their anfwers were always perfectly 
confident with one another, and thereby 
removed the fufpicions I had before en- 
tertained about their veracity. 
As a further proof of my having taken 
ever}' neceffury lie;: t, fati?fv myfelf about 
the 
