The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-06-23

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" We continued our courlc til sbou,
fne iSth IL the morning. when we aw
number OF birds, bur no land Abour
twelve O'Clock this day, P;.rr faid he
was lure we mutt be paf the i1,nd az
Counting tito be 800 miles from St
rAelena. we then, each of us, took onr
.h'feS' and with them made iorc of a
ipntial, and laced our Jackets, and ROW
iers together, at the wait band, 70 keen
us warm, and then altered ON. ronrla r.
w. by n. thinking to make Rio De
J aneiro, on the American coat. pro
viiions running very lhort, We allowed
ourlciVes only one ounce of bread G,,r
twenty lour hcnrs, and two mouthE,ls 81
water. -
We continued until the 10th, when
all our Provlfions were expended On
che 27th,MQuin took piece of bamboo
In his mouth TO chew, ana we al, follow
ca MS example. On that night, it be-
Ing my turn to iteer the boat, and re-
Inemoering to have read of perlons in
our iltuaton eating their lhoes, ] clt q
piece off one of mine; but il being foaiz-
ed with ialr water, / was obl;oed -
iPlt 1t OUT, and take the infide {ole
which eat part Of, and difributed 70
the reit, hut found nc benefit from il
con the if of July, Mr.. Parr caught
dolphin with gaff, thar had been Iefr
In the boat. We all fell on our knee
and thanked God for his goodncfs tons
we tore up the fin, and hung it 70 drv
about four,we eat part it, winch agrees
with LIS pretty we'll On This fQ1 Ne
fubfiitcti till rhe 9Th about eleven o.cloclr
when finding the whole expended, bones
and all, Parr, mylelf. Brighouic, and
Conway, Propoied TO fcurtle the boar.
and let her go down to pur US our of our
mifery; the orher rwo obje6ted, oblerv-
ing that God who had made man, always
found him fomething TO eat.
" On the 9Th, about eleven, M'K;n-
non Propoied it would be better 70 ca(t
lots Tor one ofus TO die, lin order to fave
the rett;to which we conicnted. The lots
were made; William Parr, being ficl
two days before with the lporred fever,
was excluded. He wrote the numbers our.
and In hat which he drew our blind
folded, and put them into our pockets;
Fat then aihrd wfaUie tot ie was 20 die,
none OF US knowing what number We
had IN Our pockec, each one praying 20
God that it mighr be his LOT. 1t was
agreed that No. S ihould die and
the lots being unfolded, M'kinnon's
was No. S.
" We had agreed chat he whole LOT il
was fhould bleed ainafelf to death, for
which purPole We had provided our
lelYes with nails fharpened, which we
got from the boat. M'Kinnon with one
OF them cut hinielf in three places, in
his foot, hand, WRIT and praying TO God
TO forgive him, died in about quarter
OF an hour.
a" Before he was quite cold, Brig
houie, with one Of thofa nails, cut a
piece ofaelh off ms thigh and hung it
up, leaving his body in the boat.
About three hours after, we all ear of it
only very fnau biz. This picce lated
until the 9TH. We dipped the body.
every two hours into the lea 10 prefcrye
it. Parr having found a piece of fate in
che bottom of che boat, he fharpened it
on the other large ftone, and with ic cur
another piece off the thigh, which laf
cd until the Sth, when it being my watch
and obferving the water, about break Of
day, TO change colour, l called the ref,
thinking we were near fhore, but faw no
land, 1t not being quite daylight.
sc As foou as day appeared, we dif-
covered land right ahead, and fteercd
towards it. About eight in she morn
ing, We were cIoic to the fhorc; there
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