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/UdrOtiettf tbt Dijbfgbs andDtlivrranee of Captain David Ha*M*DN{
uv from B* account just pukUJhtd by himftlf. (Cokthmetifrom nr in ft.)
n BOUT eight in the morning,dtytain was ruminating in
jr ,#m a bis-cabrtfOn the fate <Jf this anhappy wretch, Who bad but
ii ZA fibree hours live, two oif hit people came haftiiV down
•. £ with uncommon ardour in the it looks, and feicing both hit
*T hands, fined their eyes upon Mm without faying a fyll ble.
TMj captain, who recolleAed that they hftd thrown Campbell's body
overboard, notwithstanding their neceflitits, *for Tear of catching his
nbdnefs, now apprehended that fearing to oat Plat for the lame reason,
they were come to facrifice him ih his stead; he therefore di fen gaged him
fmby a sudden effort, and snatching up apiflfol,’ flood upon his defence.
Thfc pbdrumd gaeffi% his mistake. made thift to tell him, that their be
havioar was merely the effect of furprite and joy, that they had discover
ed a lail, and that the fight had so overcome them, they were doable to
{jmkS -at
Theyfiaid, that the fail appeared to he a large uefTel, that it was to the
•leewara, and stood for them in* as fair a direction as could be wished.
The rest of the crew came down immediately afterwards, nnd cob firmed
the report of a fail, but said that flic fcemod to bear away from them ap
ron a contrary courfe.’"’ v'.s** * > r-
The account of a veffePa being in fight of signals on whatever coorfe fhO
fleered,’ (truck (he dt£td!fi fiftbTdch txeeffive and W
he was very near expiring under it. As soon as he could (peak, he dire&-
cd his people to make every possible signal of SfUefs; the (hip ltfelf in
deed was ofignal of the 90ft (hiking kind, bsySte was
people at a dntance might conclude there was nothing alive on board, mad
foft&nd away without cikmiigaferar it. * *
His orders wec Obeyed wsfixthe utmost alacrity, and as he lay U his
cabin, ho had the-ineatpvcffible happiaefs of hearing them jampiog apoh
deck, and crying oot 44 (he night us! she nighs us 1 (he is (landing this
• 44 way!” a * ‘.a- 4 "’ ‘V’ ■ *
The approach of the ship being more and more auuufeft every momeift,
their ho^oaitrally encrcWefo but in the midftof this joy, they tfmin
hered their amfbrtunate topmast Plat, and regretted that kwcould not tab
made sensible of bis approadhiag deliverance. Tkrfr pafiion*. however,
wdfeftdl-sharafteriftiak, anal they propofedacanof joy toha takenim
auriayriyt* This die captain with groat prudence ftreauoufly opposed,
aod at liagth, though with fomc difficulty, coasriucad them that thmr dm-
Hveraaotm* great aeafure depended upon the JegfiUrityof that awtep**
* 1 ‘ f
J Aifibut ahflb mean thenrfrirg— up the criw WMck dbfMhn* made
them all very drualmbtfcraihowMaf could and be
*ililmsiirafl TiTrfrrih-jmdi ts it Wi-t*-'* stdi mfoi m J**
of the vessel for fomfiltfum. with
alhafie tamfikt and aettadba of aiM task focbwdafpeaee could act fail do
produce, they had wemorti fication to find the gafettwaliy dib 4#ay, (a
tkmM or del iiririj adlniiidli aero miles diftaat { they <fid not, bhwOvcr,
£wg ~r lrns ilmiffhiuni#iiilmirj rfim fm s few minutes they few ffmdkfltV]pa*out
kem tibAifb aafßoanHdb thsnrfb&nwaftffd, adfitfieiMimti
iDcdbamdahlomloaaflimhht r pfldhbwtaat they were. ’ * A^Malc
? aidAi 1 ibi riirltfcferilQydttwmat of his cubia, dad
to
nndtowy warn fcft totting of, wkeaohbwf Ibeaa
obfervedSTtSTsdSwa. Wring* JUmelytolled * add
• thabamhfiiod’ haijafthfibim power to crawFt© thegsold did and teak of
*vmrnrmt> m:M
’ - MirWiillh ddMNflidmiß the poor drunken croatui* on bbard,
i fit ~Mripffia In ar — 1 the ship.
ia commanded by
to wy berftff iu
* •Jb**j*wd condition, and fb short of provifiCns. as *0 be obliged tolt^
thud's Eidsfeoaitbe
fc^ia
The one James Doud who (hot the aegroe, and one Warner a fcw
Jf’ £ DiN £ S D 24 Y November ’.5, ~1765.
Itasor ivc^ - lat |oodnu
ed mad during the vbyaro, no whether he afterwards wwhro
not told.i when Captam Harsifbo came on shore be made die proper V*
teftadouofitfie fads relataddnthh aatrative upon oath, in oiler toHSfm
his insurers. And the whdeirfiAsuthendcaied Oat it Wo4dd ftfflb to
doohedfln thithi I VAJ#
A Relation of A tMrPortityJy Rppit btyftntjfaff T**rt | 0 arParis: fy
. * O* Ptrfott who vats an tye-wiitnrfs of Part thereof. ,
A WJDOW lady, aged about 61. who lodgedß a two-’pair-bf-flb
/V door, in the Rue at U Ferrdnerie, with maid fervanr, was le-
feStrtUidifiV every in her devotion* before
dedicated- to St. Paul irf a neighbouring church. Some Villains obfervintj
herexifWßetftynfy, iylblfrmilh w^knSwulTbeveryricltJTSrnS
her wealth: therefore onohfSaem took the opportunity to coftceal himfelf
behind die carved work of ike altar 1 and whn bo pe/ftm but thiolddhdy
maa intbe churcb in the dufh Os the evenings he contrived to throw dkiber
just befone her ■ She took K up, find not pciceiviug any (foe new
supposed it came hya mirade, which she was (hi more confirmed in, when,
she famst wosfignod Pnd ho jfyoftlt; and purported, “ die fatisftaion b
by besaddreftfog her prayers to him M aiiat when so Mkhy nw
canoniecd faints engnofied the devottoa df (he world, ‘and robbed the pri
mitive faints of greet part of their woaced adorarioPt t And to (hew bis re
gard for his denxce, said, hohuould cyme from Heaven Wish the Angel
-GaMiel to sup with her, at right s* th# evening.** Irts” fcfece credible to
thsafoanr awe cDrid be deceived by so gross a firmed) but to whtt length
of cmdhbey will hotfupmfiiden carry the werit mind f die Infatuated lady
bclievbd it 111, aofe from her knees in a tmdfbcMt to prepare the efiteftaln*
meat finr the heavefaly guest fhereibeAcd. * *
When dm sapper was hefpokfe, had the idfoybeosd fetontio the Wfbad
vantage, foe thought that hsf owifc plate (tsrhichwas worth’ near tod/lm
■s defiredi therefore fenttorhev
neat of Priis)to borrow all him
m dbchfioit lbbt fihff vfihat me
jed to him if he would lend her
was surprised at the meftagci
way of fife, fufpefred that she
who might^marry^her^^hef
Mdftrn plate, unless the maid
rbegifl, alarmed fbrhermur-
folded her caixici jn^h*
-fee,
two corS awlj that tarti* (hil.V l W*‘!.* t # >^■ lo