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 lumber, bound for Jamaica; and off the eat-end of Cuba, we fell in with a French privateer which took us prioners, and about eight they hipped off all we had. Our Captain having given a pair of ilver buckles to his boy, he was no ooner gone into the boat among the French that took us on board their privateer, than they took them out of his hoes, which grieved the poor boy very much: and about twelve that very day they had another engagement, with another Scotch Captain, Wylie, a letter of marque, belonging to Glagow. We prisoners were all commanded down to the pit during the egagementengagement [sic], and as oon as any of the French were wounded, the ret tumbled them down to the doctor who was along with us; which fall and the dahing they got with it, was enough to kill them whitherwhether [sic] they were wounded or not the very econd that was tumbled down was a man cut in two halves through the middle, and in his hoes were the boy’s ilver buckles, which I perceived, and told my Captain, then he took out the one, and I the other; o the fellow had only the pleaure to enjoy them about four hours: the next thing that come down was a great flame of fire, and was within a little of lighting on their magazine, which would have undoubtedly blown us all in the air if it had; one of their canons plit in pieces and killed a great many of them, at which very intant they were reolved to trike: But unluckily for us our countrymen in the letter of marque had trukestruck [sic] their flag; and we were all carried prioners to Hapinalo, where we were kept for om time, having about eighteen pence a day: one hilling from our own King, and ix-pence from the