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fet him known It, that if they were ill ufed it was not
by his Order, that he would enquire into it, and that
if any Thing was amifs it fliould be redtify'd ; with
which the Seamen withdrew, feeming well fatisficd v.'ith-
his Anfwer.
About five the fame Evening they unmoord tiia
Ship, and hove fhort upon their beil bower Anchor,
expedling the Land Breeze, as is ufual on that Coalt,
to carry them out to Sea ; bat inftead of that, it fell
ftark Calm, and the Captain fearing the Ship fhould fall
foul of her own Anchor, order'd the Mixen-top Sail tQ
be furPd.
Peierfin, one of the malecontent Seaffleii, being the
neareft Man at Hand, feem'd to go about it, but mov'd
fo carelefly and heavily, that it appear'd plainly he did
not care whether it was done or no ; and partiailarly,
as if he had a Mind the Captain fliculd fee it, and
take Notice of it; and the Captain did fo, for perceiv-
ing how awkardly he went about it, he fpoke a little
tartly to him, and ask'd him, What luas the Reafon he
did not fiir a little and furl the Seal?
Peterfon, as if he had waited for the Queftion, an-
fwer'd in a furly Tone, and. with a kind of Difdain, Si'
as 'we eat, fo Jhall nue ivork : This he fpoke aloud fo
as that he might be fure the Captain fhould hear hira,
and the reft of the Men alfo ; and 'twas evident, thst
as he fpoke in the Plural Number We, fo he fpoke"
their Minds as well as his ov^n, and Words which they
had all agreed to before.
The Captain however, tho' he heard plain enough
what he faid, took not the leafl Notice of it, or gave
him the leall Room to believe he had heard him, be-
ing not willing to begin a Quarrel with the Men, and
knowing that if he took any Notice at all of it he muffc
refent it and punifh it too.
Soon after this the Calm went oiF, and the Land
Breezefprung up, as is ufual on that Coaft, ard they
immediately weigh'd and flood off to Sea ; bat the
Captain having had thofe two Ruffles with his Men,
F 4. . ]uft