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longer, being already ſpent with Labour while we were in the Ship. We therefore truſted our ſelves to the Mercy of the Waves, and in about half an hour the Boat was over-ſet by a ſudden Flurry from the North. What became of my Companions m the Boat, as well as of thoſe who eſcaped on the Rock, or were left in the Veſſel, I cannot tell; but conclude they were all loſt. For my own part, I ſwam as Fortune directed me, and was puſhed forward by Wind and Tide. I often let my Legs drop, and could feel no bottom: But when I was almoſt gone, and able to ſtruggle no longer, I found myſelf within my Depth; and by this time the Storm was much abated. The Declivity was ſo ſmall, that I walked near a mile before I got to the Shore, which I conjectur'd was about eight a-clock in the Evening. I then advanced forward near half a mile, but could not diſcover any ſign of Houſes or Inhabitants; at leaſt I was in ſo weak a Condition that I did not obſerve them. I was extremelytired,