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APRIL, 1902.)
THE WRECK OF THE "DODDINGTON," 1755.
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Sunday 28. Light Land and Sea Breezes with pleasent Wen!
Monday 26. Do Wind and Wea. Near Noon About 300 of the Natives Came To Capt Chandler Banksale & Drove off 66 Head of Cattell [Cattle] which he had Purchase'd [& paid for]: Which We on Board Observing, Landed as Soon As possible and Parsue'd the Robbers About 3 Miles, bat Could not Gett Sight of them. Therefore not Thinking it prudent to parsue them any further, Return'
Upon Our First Arrival [heard] found Capt Chandler was ap in the Country About 60 Miles,ea Therefore Dispach'ed One [a Letter] to him, Informing him of Our Misfortune, & at the Same Time the Behaviour of the people, [during our stay on Bird Island] desiring and desired) him to Assist us to gett (in getting back] the Honourable Companys Money : [and] which if [we) Effected [it] to Grant . passage to my Self Mr Collett Webb Yates and MoDowell 69 and myself to Bombay.
The Misfortune Aboro Mentioned Open the 7 day after The Letter was Sent, and having Receivd no answer Conjecturd from the Behaviour of the Natives, that the Letters Might be Stoppd or that it Might not be well with Capt Chandler. Therefore I proposed going up Mokoy's River with Our Boat the Next Morning : Which we did, and About 20 Miles up meet [Met] Capt Chandler Comeing down in his Boat very I!l wth & Fever. He told me my Letter Oame Safe to Hand which he Answer! Immediatly, and was Very Much Surprise I had not Receiv! it. How Soever we found afterwards that the Bearer was afraid to Venture Near the Vessel After what had happen. The 3d day we meet [Met] Capt Chandler We gutt [return'd) on Board, and soon Afterwards wth some [the] assistance of some of his People (niz'd] took the Treasure And Plate ont of the Cour] Sloop, and put it on board the Rose Gally : for which Capt Chandler gave me a Bill of Lading.
Sunday od May 1786. Three of the people Arriv! from the So Side of The Bay Where they Left the Rest of those that would Not Venture Over 8t Lucia Barr. They Remained there till the Sloop Bailed which was 10 Days After the Arrival of the 8 Before Mentioned. They all Got on Board of her Alive, but soon After 2 of them died, the Rest in a Bad State of Health. Theire Stay vas but Short Where they Took the people in before they patt to Sea, in order to go to Johanna, butt After being at Som 5 or 6 Days found themselves off River St Lacia and 4 days Afterwards we Met them as we were) was going out in the Rose Galley, within the Outer Barr of Delagos. They had on Board After my Self MT Collett & Webb. (the) Navigators, who often told me on the Island they was As Capable of Conducting the Sloop as I was; those Were Powell and Obisholm but Finding themselves Mistaken in (their) there Capacitys, Bold her to Capt Chandler for 600 Rupoon the Carpenter Took & Note for the same payable at Bombay. While this business was Transacting was Laying at Anchor A Little Within the Outer Barr, Waiting for wind to go Over, Which we got The Second day, And After a Passage of 25 days Arrived in Morandavia Road on the Island of Madagascar, and 2 days After Capt Hutehinson in the Caernarvon Anabord here, Who Tavours me with a passage to Nadrass where the Honble Companys Troware and Paokett is Oondgood to, Who has Alao favoured all the people with a passage being 15 in Namber my Self Included and all that's Now Living, Except Powell, who Some Time before the Onurnarvon Sailed, Seoretold himself in the Country, To Keep Out of Capth Hutchinson's way. who Doelaro'd be wonld Take him with him. Callott is one of the Number that Died.
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that I could have no Anworto Letter from whloh in 4 days' noored through. who was always conformable to my commande' noored through. the written over words erubed.
