selves in reaching the shore, and with as little difficulty.

Being now placed on dry land, we soon perceived that we had new difficulties to encounter; high craggy rocks nearly perpendicular, and of more than two hundred feet in height, lined the shore as far as the sight could extend. The first care of the crew was to seek among the article floated ashore from the wreck, for planks and pieces of wood, to erect a covering for the night; and they succeeded beyond their hopes—the night was extremely boisterous, and nothing beneath us but sharp rocks on which to extend our wearied limbs, we obtained but little repose. Early the ensuing morning it was to our sorrow discovered that but very little of the wreck was remaining, and those of the crew who were best able to walk, went to reconnoitre⚫ the shore, and to see whether the sea had brought any fragments of the wreck; they were so fortunate as to find a barrel of flour and a keg of salt pork—soon after they had secured these, the tide arose and put an end to their labour.

Captain Bradley now called together the ship’s crew, and having divided the provision among them, enquired of them if they consented to his continuing in the command; to which they unanimously agreed— he then informed them, that from the best calculations he could make he had reason to believe that we were on the Barbary coast, and as we had no weapons of defence, much was to be apprehend