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 Soon after his return from Leyden he Miss Polly Burton, daughter of a  in Newgate-street, with whom he  a portion of 400l.

After practising about 3 years in, with but little success, he accepted of advantageous offer from Captain , of the Antelope, who was making  voyage to the South Sea

They sailed from Bristol on the 4th of, 1699. Their voyage was at first prosperous; till leaving these seas  steering their course towards the  Indies they were driven by a storm  the northward of Van Diemen's land. of the crew were dead by hard and bad food, and the rest were in  weak condition.

On the 5th of November, (the of summer in those parts) the  being hazy, they espied a rock within a  length of the ship, and the wind  strong, they immediately split upon

Mr. Gulliver and five of the crew out the boat and made a shift to clear of the ship and the rock. They till they could work no longer;  then, trusting to the mercy of the