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The Pleasant and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury During His Fifteen Years Captivity on Madagascar. Revised
The Pleasant and Surprizing Adventures of Mr Robert Drury During His Fifteen Years Captivity on Madagascar Revised Author:Daniel Defoe General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1743 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: I went as a Paflenger, well recommended to Capt. William Tbunge, with whom my Paf- fage, and the Freight of my Cargo were agreed for, and we foon after embark'd. The Ship Captain Tounge commanded in this unfortunate Voyage was the DEGREE, of 700 Tuns Burden with 52 Guns. 1 mail not here enter into a long Detail of any of the common Occurrences of the Voyage, or take Notice of any other Accidents, than what are abfolutely neceflary to my prefent Purpofe; which is a true, and impartial Narrative of our hard Fate at Madagafcar in our Return home-ward j together with my own Miferies, and the various Turns of Fortune, during my Reiidence for near fifteen Years, in that fcarce known, tho' extenfive Country. We pafs'd thorow the Downs on Feb. 19. 1701. when Admiral Bembo ( whofe Son, Mr. John' Bembo, was fourth Mate of our Ship ; ) lay there with the Squadron of Ships under his Command, bound to the Weft Indies , and we arriv'd at Fort St. George in the Eaft Indies, in three Months and twenty Days from the Downs, ( having ftopp'd in our Paf- fage one Week at the Canaries] and came to an Anchor in the Evening. We had on board MonlieurZitf//V, a Jeweller, and his Son, who fet out with Defign to fettle there; and One wou'd have thought, being fo near the End of his Voyage, he had great Reafon to hope, or rather to be morally affur'd, that he had obtain'd his Defire j the Ship Ship being fafe at Anchor within half a dozen. Miles,' and in Sight of the Place. But how foon does Providence difappoint us, and inter-- rupt our Defigns ! What an adverfe Fate directed, and accompany'd this unhappy Ship, and all who ...« less