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CHAP. XI.

The author embarks on board a ship bound for Cadiz — Is near being shipwrecked — Goes to Malaga — Remarkable fine cathedral there — The author disputes with a Popish priest — Picks up eleven miserable men at sea in returning to England — Engages again with Doctor Irving to accompany him to Jamaica and the Musquito shore — Meets with an Indian prince on board — The author attempts to instruct him in the truths of the Gospel — Frustrated by the bad example of some in the ship — They arrive on the Musquito shore with some slaves they purchased at Jamaica, and begin to cultivate a plantation — Some account of the manners and customs of the Musquito Indians — Successful device of the author to quell a riot among them — Curious entertainment given by them to Doctor Irving and the author; he leaves the shore, and goes for Jamaica — Is barbarously treated by a man with whom he engaged for his passage — Escapes, and goes to the Musquito admiral, who treats him kindly — He gets another ves-

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