It would not be proper, for ſome Reaſons, to trouble the Reader with the Particulars of our Adventures in thoſe Seas: Let it ſuffice to inform him, that in our Paſſage from thence to the Eaſt-Indies, we were driven by a violent Storm to the Northweſt of Van Diemen's Land. By an Obſervation, we found ourſelves in the Latitude of 30 degrees 2 minutes South. Twelve of our Crew were dead by immoderate Labour, and ill Food, the reſt were in a very weak condition. On the fifth of November, which was the beginning of Summer in thoſe Parts, the Weather being very hazy, the Seamen ſpied a Rock, within half a Cable's length of the Ship; but the Wind was ſo ſtrong, that we were driven directly upon it, and immediately ſplit. Six of the Crew, of whom I was one, having let down the Boat into the Sea, made a ſhift to get clear of the Ship, and the Rock. We rowed, by my computation, about three Leagues, till we were able to work nolonger,
