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that place, Of which tie following is an
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"John Brodie, {the deponentl Of
Green Briar county. in Virginia, a fsa-
man on board fchr. Betty, Of Norfolk.
Samuel Shore, mailer, failed N f,;5
fchooner from Norfolk the ISth of A.
Pril, 1902, on voyage to M4deua.
ladened with indian corn and pipe Raves
and had favsrable weather for the 6ra
three weeks, and then the maner {uE.
pe6ting they were 10 the ealtward of
Madeira, put about, and beat to the
,wefward for about a fortnight, when
finding they were not to the eaawart
of Madeira they put about again, and
for the firf or 3 days had Favorable
winds from H. and n. w. and then r.
came round to L. ard n. II. On the
nth of June, as the water was Yearly
out, the matter callcI all hands ait u
advile with them, as they could not
fetch Madeira, whe;her II would not
he be1 TO bear away for Tanerife..
This was agreed 70, and on the 10th
they found themfclves in the latitude cf
TeneriEc, but no appearance Of land
the laa Of the water was that day FER.
ved out, and they had NJ freih provi.
iions on board the wind from NJ 10
Z n E. and they kept Handing on for
the land. The dsg following they kill.
ed the dog ard ferved il out On the
morning Of ihe 90 b they got found.
ings, and faw land abobt mid day.
The matter then cent Thomas Beck an1
David Evan aihore in the boat 10 fees
for wae er, and the fchooner GOOD u
ill about 2 p. NJ. and then came 10 an.
chor, aud remained there tin the eve.
ming OF the zCi, when al there WAS
no appearance of the boat, they cut the
cable and ran the vsdsl aihor- on
iandy beach The f1rf here was vio-
lem, and Charles Rivers, the mate,
attempting 10 fwin ag1ore. was drown
ed ia it Shorty after, the mater AMI
two remaining feamen, who aIiied
him, went overheard, and reached The
lhore in fafety They laid on she beach
that night, and IL tie r1or-iHg the
mater was 60 veal A. not 20 be able
To walk, but the dep9ncnt and Thomas
Lewis went diHtreut ways 10 look for
water /; the former -etrrped about noon
without fading any Lewis never ap-
peared again The deporent then laid
down BY the ide Of tie nzfcr, who
was unable 70 riE- And fhortly after,
a body Of Moors came upon them, and
Nripped them Of All rteir clothes. The
deponent made known to them, ~ fans
that they wante1 water and fome oE
them conducted him "a 4 vel aboa:
two miles of, which be had before pafJ
fed without Offering ID. I5e drank, ard
they gave him k'n cf water 20 carry
TO the matter, who drank a little.


By this time the-Moegs had been on
board the veiIrl, and had broughr on
ihoTe what of The rigging they could
CUT away, OF 6nd loofe The depon-'
ent went tofhem to fee if he could 6nG
any thing 70 eat but found what bread
there was quite fpoiled BIZ the falt wat-
er, and that cai- Of beef and another
Of pork had been wahed over and all
The msat.loh. He ate a httle of he
bread, and then went To the nlhsI, but
found him dead. Re made a hole in
the lAnd and buried him. He then re-
turned to the Moors, and found theri
roalting Indian corn, and eaing il, ard
he ate fome alto. The Moors mad>
tents of The fails, and ltait there about
eight Gays ; during which lime they
got every thing from On board whic'
they could, ahd then burma the pefTel.
After this, they travelled to the fouth
ward, taking the de?on=nt with then.
10 place where they remained abcrt
a month. Here be found The oars Of
the boat, which he nnderaood had Gem.
on fhore there, and the men been earr..
ed away TO the northward. A Moor
then came with fomc canlels, and TOOL.
the dePonent away with him. travelling
nothward three days; and sfser hoF
Ping bye days, another Moor took him
acd travelled Inward, four days
more he was then delivered to another
who kept him four months. ard then
brorght him to within fght Of Santa
Graz, where lie Raid a5out Ehree weeks,
and afser keeping him travelling about
and topping occafonally, he vas feEt
10 Magedore, where he arrived The q