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all my Valuable Instruments with a Time peice of three hundred and fifty Guineas Value, a valuable collection of Books, Maps, and Drawings, with all my remarks and observations for Fifteen years past, were kept from me, he also secured about one hundred of fifty pounds of Bread. --
The Officers and Men being now drove into the Boat One by One, I was told by Christian, Sir, your Officers are now in the Boat and You must go with them. -- I was then taken hold of under a Guard and forced over the Gangway into the Boat, which waited only for me, and untying my Hands I was [indecipherable] astern by a Rope. -- A few Pounds of Pork were now thrown to us being Nineteen in Number and each began to sollicit some of their little Valuables that were left behind them. I desired only some Fire Arms and even at last sollicited two but we received insolence and were told I should have none, Four Cutlasses were however thrown into the Boat and we were cast adrift and Rowed with all our strength for the land. --
The Size of the Boat was 23 feet from Stern to Stern and Rowed Six Oars and was so deeply lumberd that they believed we could never reach the shore and some of them made their Jokes of it, However by 7 OClock in the Evening I got safe under Tofoa, but could find no landing, and therefore kept the Boat under the land all night paddling with