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amusements with my fellow-sufferers in the steerage, being never suffered to go upon deck ⟨while⟩ the vessel lay in the harbour.
In about a month's time the ship set sail ⟨for⟩ America. I cannot forget that, when we ⟨arrived⟩ on the coast we were destined for, a hard gale wind sprung up from the S. E. and, to the captain's great surprise (he not thinking he was ⟨near⟩ land, although having been 11 weeks on the ⟨passage⟩, about twelve o’clock at night, the ⟨ship⟩ struck on a sand hank off Cape May, near ⟨the⟩ Capes of Delaware, and, to the great terror ⟨and⟩ affright of the ship’s company, in a short ⟨time⟩ was almost full of water. The boat was ⟨then⟩ hoisted out, into which the captain and his ⟨fellow⟩ villians, the erew, got with some ⟨difficulty⟩ leaving me and my deluded companions to ⟨perish⟩ as they then naturally concluded inevitable ⟨death⟩ to be our fate. Often, in my distresses ⟨and⟩ miseries since, have I wished that such had ⟨been⟩ the consequence, when in a state of ⟨innocence.⟩ But Providence thought proper to reserve ⟨me⟩ for future trials of its goodness. Thus ⟨abandoned⟩ and deserted, without the least prospect of ⟨relief⟩ but threatened every moment with death, ⟨did⟩ these villians leave us. The eries, the ⟨shrieks⟩ and tears of a parcel of infants, had no effect ⟨on⟩ or caused the least remorse in the breasts of the merciless wretches. Scarce can I say to ⟨which⟩
