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 found themelves thirty Leagues to Leeward. The Current till oppoing their Endeavours, and perceiving no Hopes of beating up to their Ship, they came to an Anchor, and inconiderately ent away the Boat to give the ret of the Company Notice of their Condition, and to order the Ship to them; but too oon, even the next Day, their Wants made them enible of their Infatuation, for their Water was all expended, and they had taken no thought how they hould be upply’d, till either the Ship came, or the Boat returned, which was not likely to be under five or ix Days. Here like Tantalus, they almot famihed in Sight of the freh Streams and Lakes; being drove to uch Extremity at lat, that they were forc’d to tare up the Floor of the Cabin, and patch up a ort of Tub or Tray with Rope Yarns, to paddle ahore, and fetch off immediate Supplies of Water to preerve Life.

After ome Days, the long-wih’d-for Boat came back, but with the mot unwellcomeunwelcome [sic] News in the World, for Kennedy, who was Lieutenant, and left in Abence of Roberts, to Command the Privateer and Prize, was gone off with both. This was Mortification with a Vengeance, and you may imagine, they did not depart without ome hard Speeches from thoe that were left, and had uffered by their Treachery: And that there need be no further mention of this Kennedy, I hall leave Captain Roberts, for a Page or two, with the Remains of his Crew, to vent their Wrath in a few Oaths and Execrations, and follow the other, whom we may reckon from that Time, as teering his Coure towards Execution Dock.

Kennedy was now choen Captain of the revolted Crew, but could not bring his Company to any determined Reolution; ome of them were for puruing the old Game, but the greater Part of them eem’d to have Inclinations to turn from thoe evil