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and others of Promiſes, Pity and Kindneſs. I anſwered in a few words, but in the moſt ſubmiſſive manner, lifting up my left Hand and both mine Eyes to the Sun, as calling him for a Witneſs; and being almoſt famiſhed with Hunger, having not eaten a Morſel for ſome hours before I left the Ship, I found the demands of Nature ſo ſtrong upon me, that I could not forbear ſhewing my Impatience (perhaps againſt the ſtrict rules of Decency) by putting my finger frequently on my Mouth, to ſignify that I wanted Food. The Hurgo (for ſo they call a great Lord, as I afterwards learnt) underſlood me very well. He deſcended from the Stage, and commanded that ſeveral Ladders ſhould be applied to my Sides, on which above an hundred of the Inhabitants mounted, and walked towards my Mouth, laden with baskets full of Meat, which had been provided and ſent thither by the King's Orders, upon the firſt intelligence he received of me. I obſerv'd there was the Fleſh of ſeveral Animals,but