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 Govenor, and demanded their Reward for i They were in comical Dres, and looked more like Savages then Britih Allies; their Ears were cut o as to hang down like a Trencher, their Hair pulled off from the Forehead to the Crown, from whence it hung down their Backs as black as a Raven: They had their Bows and Arrows hung under their Arms, and a ingle Pidgeon flying pat their Colonel, he being walking in the Street of Willmington, drew an Arrow from his Bag, and mot dexterouly hot her dead at a great Ditance. The Colonel wore as a Badge of Pre-eminence a Plate of Silver round his Arm, and another Officer wore uch a Badge as our Captains on their Breat, Their Women were along with them, and eemed inenible of Shame, cloathed only with a Shirt to their Heels as black as the Chimney. They devour what Victuals was given to them by the People of the Town with great Greedines, reembling Wolves. The Men were naked, except a Bit of Blanket on their Shoulders, and they, as well as thsthe [sic] Women, are all bare-footed. They were tronger and taller then our People. Some gave them Money, others Meat, and the Town's People were not a little afraid of them, though they were their Allies.

On our Outward bound Paage from Glagow to New England, being near the Banks of Newfoundland, our Ship going at the Rate of ix Knots an Hour, a Whale roe under our Bow, and the Ship with great Force truck the Fih on the Side; he went down with a Plunge, and made the Water rie to a great Height, above the Deck. After he went out of our Sight, we founded our Pumps, and found a deal of Water in our Hold; upon which the Captain ordered us two and two in our