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them loft; and our men took up one poor fellow fwimming for his life, above an hour after they were

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Our small fhot from our cannon must needs kill and wound a great many; but, in fhort, we never knew any thing how it went with them; for they fled fo fast, that, in three hours, or thereabouts, we could not fee above three or four ftraggling canoes; nor did we ever see the rest any more; for a breeze of wind fpringing up the fame evening, we weighed and fet fail for the Brafils.

We had a prifoner indeed, but the creature was so sullen, that he would neither eat or speak; and we all fancied he would starve himself to death; but I took a way to cure him; for I made them take him, and turn him into the long-boat, and make him believe they would tofs him into the fea again, and so leave him where they found him, if he would not speak: nor would that do, but they really did throw him into the fea, and came away from him; and then he followed them, for he fwam like a cork, and called to them in his tongue, though they knew not one word of what he faid. However, at laft, they took him in again, and then he began to be more tractable; nor did I ever defign they fhould drown him.

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We were now under fail again; but I was the most difconfolate creature alive, for want of my man Friday, and would have been very glad to have gone back to the island, to have taken one of the rest from thence for my occafion, but it could not be; so we went on. We had one prifoner, as I have faid; and it was a long while before we could make him understand

understand any thing; but, in time, our men taught him fome English, and he began to be a little tractable: Afterwards we enquired what country he came from, but could make nothing of what he faid; for his speech was fo odd, all gutturals, and spoken in the throat, in fuch an hollow and odd manner, that we could never form a word from him; and we were all of opinion that they might speak that language as well, if they were gagged, as otherwife; nor could we perceive that they had any occafion either for teeth, tongue, lips, or palate; but formed their words just as a hunting-horn forms a tune, with an open throat He told us, however, fome time after, when we had taught him to speak a little English, that they were going, with their kings, to fight a great battle. When he faid kings, we asked him, how many kings? He faid, there were five nation, (we could not make him understand the plural s.) and that they all joined to go against two nation. We asked him, What made them come up to us? He faid, To makee te great wonder look-Where it is to be observed, that all those natives, as also those of Africa, when they learn English, they always add two e's at the end of the words where we use one, and place the accent upon the laft of them; as makee, takee, and the like; and we could not break them of it; nay, I could hardly make Friday leave it off, thought at last he did.

And now I name the poor fellow once more, I must take my last leave of him; poor honeft Friday! We buried him with all decency and folemnity poffible, by putting him into a coffin, and throwing him into the fea; and I caufed them to fire eleven guns

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for him and fo ended the life of the most grateful, faithful, honest, and most affectionate fervant that ever man had.

We now went away with a fair wind for Brafil, and, in about twelve days time, we made land in the latitude of five degrees fouth of the line, being the north-eastermost land of all that part of America. We kept on S. by E. in fight of the fhore four days, when we made the Cape St. Augustine, and in three days came to an anchor off the bay of All Saints, the old place of my deliverance, from whence came both my good and evil fate.

Never did a fhip come to this part that had lefs bufinefs than I had; and yet it was with great difficulty that we were admitted to hold the least correspondence on fhore. Not my partner himself, who was alive, and made a great figure among them, not my two merchant trustees, nor the fame of my wonderful prefervation in the island, could obtain me that favour: but my partner, remembering that I had given five hundred moidores to the prior of the monastery of the' Augustines, and three hundred and feventy-two to the poor, went to the monaftery, and obliged the prior that then was, to go to the governor, and beg leave for me prefently, with the captain, and one more, besides eight feamen, to come on fhore, and no more; and this upon condition abfolutely capitulated for, that we should not offer to land any goods out of the fhip, or to carry any perfon away without licence.

They were fo ftrict with us, as to landing any goods, that it was with extreme difficulty that I got on fhore three bales of English goods, fuch as fine

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broad cloths, ftuffs, and fome linen, which I had brought for a prefent to my partner.

He was a very generous, broad-hearted man, though (like me) he came from little at firft; and though he knew not that I had the least defign of giving him any thing, he sent me on board a prefent of fresh provifions, wine, and fweetmeats, worth above thirty moidores, including fome tobacco, and three or four fine medals in gold. But I was even with him in my prefent, which, as I have faid, confifted of fine broad cloth, English stuffs, lace, and fine Hollands. Alfo, I delivered him about the value of 100l. fterling, in the fame goods, for other uses; and I obliged him to fet up the floop which I had brought with me from England, as I have faid, for the use of my colony, in order to fend the refreshments I intended to my plantation.

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Accordingly he got hands, and finished the floop in a very few days, for fhe was already framed; and gave the mafter of her fuch inftructions as he could not mifs the place; nor did he mifs it, as I had an account from my partner afterwards. I got him foon loaded with the fmail cargo I had fent them; and one of our feamen, that had been on fhore with me there, offered to go with the floop, and settle there, upon my letter to the governor Spaniard, to` allot him a fufficient quantity of land for a plantation; and giving him fome clothes, and tools for his planting work, which he faid he understood, having been an old planter in Maryland, and a buccaneer into the bargain.

I encouraged the fellow by granting all he defired; and, as an addition, I gave him the favage

which we had taken prifoner of war, to be his flave, and ordered the governor Spaniard to give him his fhare of every thing he wanted, with the reft.

When we came to fit this man out, my old partner told me, there was a certain very honeft fellow, a Brafil planter of his acquaintance, who had fallen into the displeasure of the church: I know not what the matter is with him, fays he, but, on my confcience, I think he is an heretic in his heart; and he has been obliged to conceal himfelf for fear of the inquifition; that he would be very glad of fuch an opportunity to make his escape, with his wife and two daughters; and if I would let them go to the ifland, and allot them a plantation, he would give them a fmall ftock to begin with; for the officers of the inquifition had seized all his effects and eftate, and he had nothing left but a little houfhold stuff, and two flaves; and, adds he, though I hate his principles, yet I would not have him fall into their hands, for he will affuredly be burnt alive if he does.

I granted this presently, and joined my Englishman with them; and we concealed the man, and his wife and daughters, on board our ship, till the floop put out to go to fea; and then (having put all their goods on board the floop some time before) we put them on board the floop, after fhe was got out of the bay.

Our feaman was mightily pleased with this new partner; and their ftock, indeed, was much alike rich in tools, and in preparations, for a farm; but nothing to begin with, but as above. However, they carried over with them (which was worth all the rest) fome materials for planting fugar canes, with fome VOL. II. plants

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