but it was only at .particular times that be had a few mo-
meats o f -eafe, or could attend to any thing.; being in
a dying date, wit-la an incurable difeafe. -On this account,
I tranfa&ed whatever bufinefs I had, with Mr.
Timotheoas Wan^on^ the fecqnd .of this place, who was the
governor’s, fon-in-kw;. and who alio contributed e-very
thing in his power to make our fituation comfortable. I
had been, therefore, mhinformed by the feaman, who .told
me that captain Spikeiman was the next perfon in ccwtl-
mand to .the governor.
At noon, a dinper was brought to the -houfe, fuffipiently
good t-o make perfons, more accuftomed to pleaty, ieat tp»
much* Yet I believe few in fuch a fituatioh would have
obferved lucre moderation than my people .did. My greatest
apprehenfion was, that they would eat to© much fiaiit,
o f which there was great variety ^isfeafoh'atfhk^ipae*;
Having feen every one enjoy this meal of plent-y, Tdiaed
myfelf with-Mr- Wanjon; hat I felt no -extraordinary in-,
clination to eat of drink, Heft and quiet, :I'noafidemd, as
inore neceffar-y to, the •re-eftaWhhoaeat-'fptPny:healthy and
therefore retired foon to my room, which I found fuf nifhed.
with every convenience, hut, inftead o f reffismyctn jnd
was-difpofed ?to fefledt on our late lyferings,
failure o f -the expedfltioabut, above all,-on the thanks due
to Almighty <5©d, who had given us .power to fupport and
bear fuch heavy calamities, and had enabled me at laft, to
be the means o f faving eighteen Mves.
In times o f difficulty, them will generally arife •cujcum-’
dances that hear particularly hard on a commander. In
onr late fituation; it was not the lead of my ffiffreffes* to
be conftantly affailed .with the melancholy demands of my
people for an iucreafe o f allowance, which it grieved me
to
t9_fefufe. ‘ Theun^peffity. n f obferying -the; moft rigid
economy in the diftribution -of; our kp;p.yihous, was fo evi-
dent, (that T refiffqd -their felicitations, and neyer deviated
-from the agreement we made $$tifptting out. The confp-
rjuonce ©f th^cape was» that at-our arrival w.e,had dill remaining
fuffifientfur el even days, at ourffgaafy allowance»:
and if-w©rhad bgeu fp unfortunate ,.a&>to have miffed the
Dutch. fpttlement .at Timor, we-could have. proceeded ■ $0
Java, "where iVa s -certain that jpvery fupply we waited could
be procured.
Another difagreeable.GirQuaaftanGe, to which my fitua-
tioncxpofed m e» was the jcapriGe . 0f jgnorant «people. Had
I,been.incapable of acting, ^.ey- would h^ve carried the
boat,on1 fliore as foon- as-Wp made the id and of Timor,
without ponfidering that landing among-the najfvps^ at a.
diftaucefrom the European .fetttemeipt» „might have- beep
as i dangerous fig among angVf thef - Indians;, v,;..
The quantity, pfproviilons w ith which we-left the ffiip,
was not mane than we .fhould have- Gonfumedjinvhve days,.
had there .been.-, no: neceffity.i£$r -hnfoapding our. flock.
The -mutineers muff naturally have concluded», that we
e|pld. have m'i other, place o f refuge -than the .Euiendljjr
Iflands; fqr it: was not likely they.lhoufd imagine, that, f@
poorly »equipped as we were ■ in everf retpvSj- there could
have been .a poffiMlitry .of oqr attempting to return home-
wards::,much lefs'can, they fufpedt that .the account of theip-
vpauyrhsas defadf reached their nptifqicoiuntry:. -
bow pppvid^tidly'Oupc. Jives .were;.faved-
at Tofoa, by .the Indians. delaying, their -attack 5; and that»
with fc?nce any thing, to fupport, life, we cpoffed a fea o f
more than moo leagues, without fhelter from. .the incje*-
mency of the weather; when I r.efle6t that in an opens
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