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formed of my reprieve, the unexpected joy made me immediately fall into a terrible swoon.

After this I was put on board in order for transportation with several other victims, as they called us, where we endured great hardships, as the first night lying upon the bare boards, but afterwards were allowed the liberty of little cabins if we had any clothes to lay in them.



That night the ship fell down into a place which they call Busty Hole, from whence I sent a letter by the boatswain, who came on shore, to my gov-