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 danger. The unfortunate Engliſh purſer could collect courage ſufficient to make an effort to  himſelf; and yet I think it probable that he  hsvehave [sic] faced a battery of artillery, or expoſed himſelf to a piſtol ſhot, if occaſion required, as ſoon  any other man. Thus it appears at firſt view: may not this ſeeming in congruity be explained  ſaying, that perſonal courage and fortitude are different qualities of the mind and body, and  upon the exerciſe of entirely different functions.

"Be that as it may, I argued with myſelf, in the height of my calamitous ſituation, upon the ſubject of fortitude and dejection, courage and cowardice and, notwithſtanding the ſerious aſpect of affairs, found myſelf liſtening to the ſuggeſtions of pride what a paltry thing to yield, while ſtrength is to ſtruggle! Vanity herſelf had her hint, and whiſpered, "Should I eſcape by an effort of my own what a glorious theme of exultation!" There were I confeſs, tranſitory images in my mind, which co operating with the natural attachment to ſelf preſervation, made me perſevere, and reſolve to do ſo while one veſtige of hope was left for the mind to dwell on.

"Obſerving as I ſaid before, the people conſulting together, and reſolving to join them, I made an effort to get to the lee ſhrouds, where they were ſtanding, or rather clinging; but before I could accompliſh it, I loſt my hold, fell down the hatchway (the gratings having been carried away with the long boat), and was for ſome minutes entangled there among a heap of packages, which the violent fluctuations of the water had collected on the lea ſide. As the veſſel moved with the ſea, and the water flowed in, the packages and I were rolled together--ſometimes one, ſometimes another uppermoſt; ſo that I began to be apprehenſive I