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from his family, who would be left in the greatest Misery, and the settlement in all probability exterminated.
It is impossible to describe the Joy these poor people manifested on seeing us, when they were assured our visit was of a peaceable nature; Yams roasted, of a very superior quality were immediately produced, with Cocoa Nuts and such fruits as they possessed. We ate some, which we found delicious, as well as fine fresh eggs, which were to us a great luxury. Old Adams would have immediately dressed a Hog, but this we declined, time not admitting of our long stay with them; indeed we had landed at the risk of our Lives, and had the Wind increased it would hardly have been possible for us to embark again, much less to have forced any person on board, so that had we been inclined even to seize an Old Adams, it would have been impossible to have conveyed him