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softly to me, and told me, that we had best go farther off the
shore: “for,” said he, “look, yonder lies a dreadful monster
fast asleep.” I looked where he pointed, and saw a great lion
that lay on the side of the shore, under the shade of a piece of
the hill that hung a little over him ; upon which, charging my
three guns, | took aim at his head, but lying with his foot
raised a little above his nose, the slug broke his leg. Hestarted
up growling, but fell down again, and gave the most hideous
roar I ever heard ; but firing again, and shooting him in the
|, E had the pleasure to see him drop. I resolved to take
is skin, and going ashore, the boy and J accomplished it
then spreading it upon the top of the cabin, the sun dried it in
two days’ time, and it afterwards served me to lie upon.

About ten days after, as T was steering out to sea, in order to
double a cape, 1 had a view of some islands, which I supposed
to be those of Cape Verd, I was afraid of venturing too far from
the shore, for if I should be taken with a fresh gale of wind, I
might never be able to reach again the one or the other. In this
dilemma I sat down in the cabin, when ona sudden, Xury cried
out in a fright, “ Master, master, a ship!” foolishly imagining
that it was his master’s ship, come so far in pursuit of us. I
Jumped out of the cabin, and saw that it was a Portuguese vessel,
and instantly stretched out tosea with all the sail I could make :
they perceived me by the help of their glasses, and shortened
sail to let me come up. A Scotch sailor on board called to me,
and I answered that I had made my escape from the Moors at
Sallee. They very kindly took me in and all my goods. We
had a very good voyage to the Brazils, and arrived at All Saints’
Bay in about twenty-two days. The generous captain recom-
mended me to an honest man who had a plantation, with whom
1 lived till I had learned the mannerof making sugar, after which
1 purchased a piece of land, aud became a planter. I had lived