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JULY.
. A N A C C O U N T O F
fixteen Cbinefe men ‘('with which they had been allowed to
augment their fhip’s'company) the advance-money ufual on
thefe .occafions, they weighed anchor, and their friends
went on Ihore, whom they faluted at gaiqg away with/hipib ■
guns, *-The weather becoming unfettled and* hazy, at nine
o’clock in the evening they anchored in 7 fathom water.—
As in the coixrfe of this narrative we ihall find the rtiip’s
company at times collectively arid fepairately engaged, it will
not be improper at the outfet to mention the names of-the
Europeans who were in the Antelope, with their particular
diftinCtion and fituation on board.
Names; -. , L' .
JHenry WILSON - - - Commander. ,
P hiS t B enger * - - - - Chief Mate.
P e ter Ba r k e r - - - Second Mate.
John C ummin - - - - Third Matq,
John Sharp - - - - - Surgeon.
A rthur W il l iam Devis - Pafleriger.
John Blanch - - - -kT .Qunner.
W il l iam H a r v e y - - - Boatfwaio. ;
John P olkinghorn - - - Carpenter.
Jp^N M e a l e - - - - - . Cooper and Steward.
R ichard J enkins , - - - Carpenter’s Mate.
J ames Sw if t - - - - - - Coofe.
R ich ard Sharp - - - - Midihipman.
H enry W ilson, Junior - - Ditto, fon to the Captain.
J • The names thus marked, are the only men at this time known with certainty to
be dead. . _
John
( Names.
J o h n W e d g e b r o u g h
R o b e r t W h i t e - -
■ Stations.
_rTwo youths, from Chrift’s Ho-
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P i1' fpital, apprentices, and adtinj
J as midshipmen.
A l b e r t P i e r s o n - ■ - - - - Quarter Mafter. ■i?;
G od fr y M i n k s * - - 'Ditfôl |
T h o m a s D u ltoN - - - Captain’s Steward.
John C oopKr - - - - - Seamàk.
W ilT i a m 'R oberts 4 - »- Ditto.
'Ja|îÉs:D üngen - - Ditto: ’ ••
M a t t h ia s Wjä&otö'^« - 1 - ’Dlf-to, brother to’the Captain.»^
N icholas- T y a c^ke - - Ditto.
J a Mes 'Bïîuft’t h‘~ " -
T homas W illson * > - Ditto'.
W il l iam St ew a r t - .j - - Ditto.
,Ma DAN BLANO'kAki) - - ditto.
T h o m a s W h it f ie ld - - Ditto.
Wl'kllrAM CoBBLEDICK - Ditto.*,<fct
Z a ch a r iah À llen ■ - - - Ditto.
T homas C a s t Les '* s- * - v'- Ditto. ' -
D e d r i c k W i n d l e r - - - Diète*'’);'
T h o m a s - R o s e * - - L
cLingutfl, a hâtrsè of Ben g ai
calling himfelf a Portugue/i.
At five o’clock in the morning they again weighed anchor,
and fet fail, haviriga fine breeze from the E. N. E.
and between fix aind feven o’clock their pilot left thena.
B 2 ■ About
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j u l y $
Monday 21,