An Authentic Narrative of Some Remarkable and Interesting Particulars in the Life of ********: Communicated in a Series of Letters, to the Reverend Mr Haweis, ... and by Him... Now Made Public
An Authentic Narrative of Some Remarkable and Interesting Particulars in the Life of ********: Communicated in a Series of Letters, to the Reverend Mr Haweis, ... and by Him... Now Made Public
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1775 Excerpt: ...my head was always incapable of bearing much strong drink. However I began, and proposed the first toast, which, I well remember, was some imprecation against the person who should start first.--This proved to be myself--My bsain. was soon fired--I arose, and danced about the deck like a madman; and, while I was-thus ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1775 Excerpt: ...my head was always incapable of bearing much strong drink. However I began, and proposed the first toast, which, I well remember, was some imprecation against the person who should start first.--This proved to be myself--My bsain. was soon fired--I arose, and danced about the deck like a madman; and, while I was-thus diverting my companions, my hat went overboard. By the light of the moon I saw the ship's. boat, and eagerly threw myself over the side to get into her, . that I might recover my hat. My sight, in that circumstance, . deceived me-r for the boat was not within my reach, as I thought, but perhaps twenty feet from the ship's side. I was, however, half over-board, and should, in one moment, more. have plunged myself into the water, when somesomebody catched hold of my cloaths behind, and pulled me back. This was an amazing escape; for I could not swim, if I had been sober; the tide ran very strong; my companions were too much intoxicated to save me: and the rest of the ship's company were asleep. So near I was, to appearance, of perishing in that dreadful condition, and sinking into eternity under the weight of my own curse. Another time, at Cape Lopez, some of us had been in the woods, and mot a luffahy. or wild cow: we brought a part of it on board, and. carefully. marked the place (as I thought) where we left the remainder. In. the evening we.returned to fetch it, but we iet.outtoo late. I undertook to be their. guide, but night coming on before. we. could reach the place, we lost our way, --Sometimes we were in swamps, up to the middle in water, and when we recovered dry land, we H 4 could could not tell whether we were walking towards the ship, or wandering farther from her-.--Every step increased our-uncertainty.--The night grew darker, and we .
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