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22 Obadiah Mouſetrap. contains ; if thee, and thy brother officer will give me thy company for one half hour, only to drink a bottle of this rum, made into what they ca< > punch, this purſe and all its contents ſhall be thine, as ſoon as the bowl out; ſo conſider as thou thinkeſt pr< > per: If thou ordereſt me to fill the bowl, I ſhall know what thou mea< > eſt, and will not only immediately obey thee, but will alſo fully make good my word. The officer here gave him a node of underſtanding, and immediately communicated this propoſal to his truſty companion; and, after ſome private confabulation, the agreed to the captain's propoſal; ar< > the former of theſe two, gave him he had hinted, a ſignal for the bow which was compounded in a minute As ſoon as this was ordered, the Quaker gave his inſtructions to his ma< > accordingly, and a boat was preſently hauled up cloſe a-ſtern, and was put off again for ſhore, before the bowl was near conſumed.

Now our honeſt friend, Obadiah Mouſetrap, being informed by