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⟨that⟩ he set out with such a disposition from the first—⟨for⟩ the vessel was entirely unprovided with many ⟨necessaries⟩ for the preservation of the passengers, and the ⟨necessaries⟩ he had, he withheld from them. He had no ⟨lantern⟩, nor spy glass, nor candles, even for himself, ⟨except⟩ a small parcel insufficient for the passage, and if ⟨he⟩ had not been supplied by one of the passengers, who ⟨happened⟩ to bring a box with him, there would have ⟨been⟩ none to direct the sailing of the vessel.
Notwithstanding the agreement of half a pound of ⟨beef⟩ per week for each passenger, it appeared there were ⟨but⟩ 6 barrels shipped in all. There were indeed on ⟨board⟩ 6 large hhds. of good meal, but these it seemed ⟨he⟩ intended to convert to his own use, for he gave the ⟨passengers⟩ none of it; he had also for himself and crew, ⟨good⟩ water in plenty, but gave the passengers only ⟨corrupted⟩ stinking water, that was of itself sufficient, in ⟨human⟩ probability, to have destroyed their lives, with ⟨coarse⟩, black musty meal, hardly fit for swine to eat, ⟨and⟩ this to be eaten raw! In short, it seems wonderful ⟨that⟩ any of them escaped with life, and contrary to his ⟨inclination⟩ that they did so; for he not only declared it ⟨by⟩ his actions, but more than once plainly by his words.
On the vessel’s arrival at New-York, the distress of ⟨the⟩ passengers, and captain’s behaviour to them, was ⟨unaccountably⟩, for about ten days, almost entirely ⟨unknown⟩ in the city. And when at last it came by degrees ⟨in⟩ part to be known, and the captain was questioned ⟨in⟩ some parts of his conduct, and made to restore to the ⟨surviving⟩ sufferers, the deficiency in their allowance of ⟨beef⟩ and meal; yet by some means or other, that ⟨perhaps⟩ ought to be enquired into, some material ⟨witnesses⟩ were, by design or accident, out of the way, and did ⟨not⟩ appear against him; so that he was permitted to go ⟨at⟩ large, till Friday evening last, when he in a private ⟨and⟩ clandestine manner, got on board and went off with ⟨his⟩ vessel in the night. It is said he is gone to North ⟨Carolina⟩; and as it is hoped there is hardly such another ⟨master⟩ of a vessel, and crew, in his Majesty’s dominions;this
