before us than perishing through ^hunger and thirst, we were«
partially relieved, as the Reader will find in the sequeh
The first vessel we fell in with was an English brig, belonging;
to a Gentleman who had shewn me much civility whenT was
a t the Cape 6f Good Hope on my passage out, and who hap«
pened to- be then on board. The comm^|der, Mr. Atkins, and
this Gentleman, whose name is Houghton, of: the firm of
Houghton and M‘Donald, a house of the first respectability at
the Cape, sent us several articles, which, circumstanced as we
were, were above all price. 1 declined their offers Of joining
them, as I thought I should reach the; Cape in a short time, and
I repented afterwards that 1 did not join them, i
The calm continuing we were soon again reduced to an
allowance barely sufficient to keep us alive. - Our stock of
water, in particular, was short; and as the weather was warm;
we experienced great distress from the want of it. 1 often
walked the deck till I was thoroughly fatigued, that. I might
sleep through weariness in spite of extreme thirst. I now disi
covered how little nature may be satisfied with even to esteem,
that little a luxury.
Our good fortune at length drifted us in sight of an American
ship bound to the Cape, called the Ocean, of Newbury Port.
The commander of this ship, whose name is Dalton, sent to our-
relief a little bread, and some meat. Having been long at sea,
and meeting with calms, his stock of water ran short, so; that
he could spare us only a small supply, and that he cheerfully
sent us.
I agreed with Captain Dalton to carry me to the Cape in his
vessel; for though we had not yet made the land, a good wind
for forty-eight hours would have carried us within sight of Table
Bay. But the-palm still continued, and lasted ten days irom
this time, during which we drifted to the northward of Saldanah
Bay,I
Bay, and the Anna Josepha was again relieved by Captain
Dalton. The very sedls seemed to partake of the listlessnCsg of
the elements of air and watch They lay sleeping on the smooth
surface of the sea; so that the crew of the Anna Josepha easily
took them with the harpoon, and derived the principal patt of
their subsistexiee^irom them..
We/npw got in with the land, and a favourable Wind of five
hours would have run bt>th vessels into Saldanah Bay. The
Anna Josepha was necessitated to send her boat off to procure
watery if any was to ;be had. On. the 20tfebf March a breeze
springing up, the ship 1 was in reached Table Bay on the 1st of
April?‘d 802, and two days after the Anna Josepha arrived^hav*
ing lost a man, who had been driven by hunger to eat some*
thing that killed him in a few hours.
i 1 had lived so low for such a length of time th a t I found my-
selfivery feeble and weakp and how b'eing' ^ 'sh o re , partaking
of plentiful diet, 1 experienced v io le t spasms in my stonthfeh?
attended with a giddiifess and nausea. I reebveTed
my strength,-^the^e- symptoms left me, and 1 WaSrestored' to my
former good s t a b |i f health without Ihpfhelp.of mvd'k'ine.t By
the favour„of_Sm Roger Curtis, I e|pbarke|hfor England' on the
t^ th of April, on board' his Majesty's Shipilmperieuse, Captain
Rowley, to whom, and towlpse officers, I -am happy in having
it in fhy<;-power, in this public manneV^m return, my, sin cere
thanks for their’ attention ' to me during the Vo^hge^which' was
very sueceSsfully :mad(ptf®:
The coals froih’il^ew‘1S'Outh Wales, .brought to- the^C^e^of
Good Hope in the Anna Josepha, sold there, for S6‘rix fdbllats
the ton. ’ As news of a Peace had thqnV'arri'ml,i,lbeispa]^ \\< ic
not of such ready sale*; but I have n b tp u p t tlj^ejf.^fere well SphL
In the manner herein related did I make a,(,Gi|f^imnavigatory
yoyage of this globe of- Earth. I accomplished-.-it as far back
, as.