gave him no credit, faying it was only the reflection of the sky; nor would he put the fhip's head to fea. William Mixon, the quarter-mafter, however, more inclined to believe the feaman than the mate, went in and told the captain, who immediately came out, and wore fhip, but he ftruck in wearing: they had juft time to call all hands once. The wind foon after shifting, and blowing off fhore, they hoifted the fore-top-fail, and endea voured to back off; bat, in attempting this, they only twifed the fhip's head off fhore, and her ftern upon the rocks: the water gaining upon them very fatt, and the fhip filling with water, they cut away the mafts: the main-maft drore prefently on fhore, and the Caffrees, who had by this time affembled, clambered upon it to get the copper and iron, which are the things they feem to have the greateft value for. The fore-maft was fome time before it went, as they could not clear it of the ship's fide; the therefore remained with her head off fhore 'till the went to pieces. A yawl was hoifted out, which was ftove im mediately they then made a raft; but the feven inch hawfer, by which it was made faft, breaking, it drove afhore with four feamen on it, three of whom were unfortunately drowned. When the fhip was loft, two Lafcars fwam on fhore with a lead line, and made a hawfer fast to a rock. Many of the failos got afhore by this means, though the quarter-master and eight feamen were drowned in the attempt, from the hawfer's flackening; one was drowned in fwimming afhore, and two in the fhip, immediately after the ftruck. Robert Price, the captain's boy, about fourteen years old, (who is arrived in London,] in getting afhore, was forced off the hawfer, and his head dafted againit a rock by a violent fea; and received fo bad a cut, of which the mark remains, that he was unable to help himfalf, and must have been drowned, had not one Francis de Larío, a Danish feaman, taken hold of his hair, and fufpended him, 't with other affiftance he was able to get him out. About one, A. M. the fhip had parted all her chains, at which time there were near one hundred perfons on board. The fhip laying down very much, they got the ladies out at the farboard quarter gallery, the people standing on that fide the fhip: when the parted, the fide funk down into the fea with them all upon it, and floated into fhallow water. The body of the wreck breaking off the fwell, the failors were enabled to get the ladies and children on fhore. Captain Talbot, of the navy, and fome others, came on fhore on the fore-part of the wreck. Though thus providentially faved from the fury of the wa tery element, they had fill a dreary profpca before them: on fhore in an ifland, without a guide to inform them how to pro ceed, ceed, or an ability to defend themselves against the ferocity of the favage inhabitants, whofe attacks they hourly dreaded. They, however, conftructed a tent of a new mizen top-fail, for the ladies, &c. on the flattifh part of the rock, where they fortunately found plenty of fresh water. A little to the northward of where the fhip was loft, there was a creek, into which many things drove afhore, particularly a cask of wine; plenty of beef and pork, but moftly in pieces; a cafk of flour, and fome of their hogs, which the natives, who had now more numerously affembled, killed: one boar, indeed, gave them fome trouble; for, when they approached, he turned up his fnout, and grunted in fo hideous a manner, that they were afraid to feize him, but killed him with a lance. While they remained by the wreck, the natives did not offer any violence, but ftole what they liked, and ran away they took nothing, indeed, but iron, or any other metal they could, not feeming to regard the many bales drove on fhore, farther than flitting them with their lances for diverfion. After paffing three days by the wreck, under continual apprehenfions of the natives, they concerted what steps were moft proper to be taken, in order to proceed on their journey to the Cape, to which the Captain affured them they might travel in fixteen or seventeen days. They accordingly collected provifion for about eight or nine days, which was as much as they could carry of this, and what cloaths they could pick up, the steward made a diftribution. All their arms confifted of five or fix cutlaffes; plenty of fire-arms were drove on fhore, but rendered ufelefs for want of gunpowder. On Wednesday morning (Auguft 7,) this company of forlorn travellers fet out, leaving John Bryan, who was lame and unable to walk, and Jofhua Glover, a fool, with the wreck. The chief mate being fick, was carried; the fecond mate led the van, the captain in the rear, and the ladies in the middle. As foon as they marched, the natives threw ftones and hove their lances at them; but no great damage was fuftained by these attacks. They could not go along the fea-fide, on account of the fteep cliffs to the fouthward of them; they travelled along the top of thefe cliffs, never far from the coaft, and always in fight of the fea, except in paffing the hollows: they fometimes found paths of the Caffrees, which they travelled along, and in fome places was grafs; and along the fhore fome parts were fandy, fome parts rocky. The day after their leaving the wreck, from whence the natives followed them, they fell in with a man lighter-coloured than the natives, with straight hair; they fuppofed him to be a VOL. II. 37. Malayman: 2 I Malayman he came up to them, clapping his hands and calling Engles, Engles; he talked Dutch with John Suffman, Mr. Williams's fervant, and told them the Cape was a great way off; and being defired to guide them, he faid he could not, as he was afraid of being killed, if he went into the Chriftian country: they offered him any money, if he would conduct them; he faid he did not want money, but copper: they said they would load him with copper; but he would not go. He advised them to go along the coaft; for that, inland, they would meet the Bofchemen Hottentots, who would kill them all. This man was with the natives, who did not appear to be the fame kind of people as those where the fhip was loft, because they were taller, and not fo black, and had their cheeks painted red, with feathers in their heads, like ostrich feathers, The Malay appeared to be a rogue, as he fhewed the natives where their pockets were, which they made very free with; the captain having a tuck stick in his hand, one of them fnatched it from him, but returned it at the.perfuafion of the Malayman. Soon after, another party of the natives, with whom was the Malay, came and cut off the buttons of fome who wore metal ones. About three or four days after leaving the wreck, the captain going up a very high hill, took a lance from one of the natives, who endeavoured, by figns and entreaty, as his words were fappofed, to get it back, but to no purpose: there was no village then in fight; but he went away to a village, and called the reit, who came out with their lances and targets. The captain put the ladies, and those who were unable to do any thing, upon a rifing ground with the baggage, and then attacked the natives, and drove them out of the village. The weapons ufed by the natives were targets made of hides, to cover themselves; fo that when our people threw flones at them, they could never hit them: they had reddith flicks, feemingly dyed, with a wooden knob at the end, and lances; but not chuting to lofe the iron of the lance, they drew out the lancetaffs, Tharpened the end, and threw them at our people it was one of these they fuck into Mr. Newman's ear; he was stunned, and fell down, on which the natives made a noife. One of the natives having fallen down in running away, he was overtook by the boatfwain and others, and bruifed terribly; but the captain told them not to kill any. Afterwards the natives brought fweet potatoes, to exchange for the lance-ftaffs and flicks they had thrown at our people. They then fat down peaceably round, and the captain had fome toys, which he gave them, and they went away. After stopping about about two hours, our people proceeded: the natives did not moleft them, but let them go on. After this fcuffle they never opposed the natives, but let them take whatever they pleased. Having proceeded on, after beating the natives, about three or four miles farther, in the evening the Malay came up with them he laughed at the difpute that had happened, and being afked which was the right road, faid, that which he was going. He had been at the wreck, where he got a load of iron, and had on a long gown of the captain's, which he had found there. After the Malay had left them, they marched on, and met other natives, from whom they got fome fweet potatoes for buttons; and after travelling fome way, it began to rain a lit. tle; whereupon they made a fire of grafs and tufts, there being no bushes nigh; and after refting a little they went on, and took up their lodgings for the night at fome bushes on the top of a hill, under a bank, with a running stream of fresh water in the hollow beneath. Next day they came to the village where the Malayman's houfe was; it is by the fea-fide: he brought his child to them, and asked for a bit of pork for it: the captain told him he was in great diftrefs, but gave him a little bit for the child. The Malayman looked at their buttons, and called zimbe, which is copper. The captain told them to give the natives nothing, becaufe they would think they had more, and want to fearch them. The officers and paffengers would not let the feamen have any parley with the natives, thinking they could manage better without them. After leaving the Malayman's village, the natives followed, throwing ftones. The failors defired to walk on, thinking the natives would not follow far. They came to a creek, which they paffed at low water. It was then about noon: they went on 'till evening, when they found water by the fide of a hill. There the Caffrees came down, and furrounded them, wanting to take buttons and fuch like from them, and wanting to fearch the ladies. Some of the natives kept on the hill, threatening to throw down great flones upon them. The failors advised the captain to go on, and not to fit fill and let all their things be taken from them; but he would not move, and fo different people fet off without him. [To be continued.] A REMARKABLE FRAUD. A landed property, by his fteward, was conducted with very 2 I 2 remarkable remarkable art and address: regular books were kept of all receipts and expences, which were audited annually, and no miftakes ever fufpected. But the duke receiving an application to lower the rent of a farm, which he had conceived to be let very moderately, surprised him; and on calling for the rent-books, found the rent as low as he had thought it: Surprised at this, he made enquiries, and by degrees feemed to get fome infight into an error in the account, which he knew not how to clear up. On applying to another person to adjust the books, it was found that the steward had received fums from the tenants, which he had never carried to account, to the amount of 6000l. and he is suspected of more than twice that fum, which cannot be proved. DIRECTIONS fent from HOLLAND, in June, 1723, to the Lord Berkley, by the Profeffor Boerhaave, and Monfieur Van Ofterdyke, who were of Opinion that the GOUT is not to be curea by any other Means than a MILK DIET; which will, in a Year's Time, alter the whole Mafs of Blood: and in Order thereunto, the following Directions must be strictly obfervid and followed. You OU must not taste any liquor, only a mixture of milk your milk must be as new as you can get, to drink as often as you have occafion, without adding any other thing to it; a lit tle tea or coffee is likewife permitted with milk. 2d. In the morning, as foon as you awake, and the stomach has made a digeftion, you must drink eight ounces of cold wa ter, and faft two hours after it; then eat bread and milk, milk porridge, and fometimes tea with milk, and bread and butter. 3d. At dinner you must eat nothing but what is made of wheat, barley, oats, rice, millet feed, carrots, potatoes, turnips, fpinnage, beans, peafe, and apple dumplings; but, above all, milk and bifcuit, and nothing falt or four, not even a Seville orange; but you may eat fruit full ripe, baked pears and apples. 4th. At fupper you muft eat nothing but bread and milk. 5th. Every morning, before you rife, he fure to have your legs, thighs, arms, hands, &c. well rubbed with a coarfe woollen cloth for half an hour, and the fame going to bed; for by this means the humourous knobs and bumps will be disipated, and prevent |