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 I bethought my elf however, that perhaps the Skin of him might one way or other be of ome Value to us; and I reolved to take off his Skin if I could. So Xury and I went to work with him; but Xury was much the better Workman at it, for I knew very ill how to do it. Indeed it took us up both the whole Day, but at lat we got off the Hide of him, and preading it on the top of our Cabin; the Sun effectually dried it in two Days time, and it afterwards erv'd me to lye upon.

After this Stop we made on to the Southward continually for ten or twelve Days, living very paring on our Proviions, which began to abate very much, and going no oftner into the Shore than we were oblig'd to for freh Water; my Deign in this was to make the River Gambia or Senegall, that is to ay, any where about the Cape de Verd, where I was in hopes to meet with ome European Ship, and if I did not, I knew not what Coure I had to take, but to eek for the Ilands, or perih there among the Negroes. I knew that all the Ships from Europe, which ail'd either to the Coat of Guiney, or to Brail, or to the Eat-Indies, made this Cape, or thoe Ilands; and in a word, I put the whole of my Fortune upon this ingle Point, either that I mut meet with ome Ship, or mut perih.

When I had purued this Reolution about ten Days longer, as I have aid, I began to ee that the Land was inhabited, and in two or three Places as we ailed by, we aw People tand upon the Shore to look at us, we could alo perceive they were quite Black and Stark-naked. I was once inclin'd to have gone on Shore to them; but Xury was my better Counellor, and aid to me, no go, no go; however I hawl'd in nearer the Shore that I might talk to them, and I found they run along the Shore by me a good way; I oberv'd they had