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 ther to the coast of Guinea, another to America, in all which I was very successful, and saved fifty pounds, which made me very fond of my place; but in the fourth was cast away three times, before we made the port, and I lost every thing I was worth in the world, which almost broke my heart, and all our ship's company were all lost, except the first mate and myself, who being expert swimmers, got with great difficulty on shore in a most desolate uninhabited county on the coast of Africa; where travelling for the space of eleven days, through those dreadful deserts, and having nothing to subsist on, but each about a dozen of biscuits and a bottle of brandy a-piece, which we had saved from the wreck when the ship was cast on shore. At night we were obliged to get into a tree for fear of the lions and other wild beasts that made the elements echo with their hideous howlings, in pursuit of their pray. At last quite spent by the fatigues of our tedious journey, we arrived at an English factory, where finding a ship bound for Liverpool, and the captain having many of his men cut off by the barbarous inhabitants, were very glad to let us work our passage, when we arrived at Liverpool I found my mistress dead, so did not know what to do, being destitute of money, except of a single shilling which was given me by the mate, having only a