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CAPTAIN ^ INGLEFIELD'S 
 
 Narrative 
 
 
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 m 1782, 
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 THE admiralty, WRITTEN »ROM 
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The Centaur failed from Jamaica for England with a Squadroa of 
 Ships under the command of Admiral Greaves, having under Convoy 
 a number of Merchantmen (upward, of one hundred Sail) The Squad, 
 ron was compofed of the Ramillies, (the Admiral's Ship) Caoada and 
 Centaur, having with them the French Men of War captured by Lord 
 RodneyontheuthApril. ,782,i„the Weft Indies, LaVille de 
 Paris. 1,0 Guna-Gloricux. 74 Guni-Heftor. 74 Guns-alfo. 
 I^e Idon and Le Caton. taketi by Lord Hood in the Mona Paffagc^ 
 Thefe two Ships had feparatcd a few days before the Hurricane^ 
 but the reft foundered, except the Canada, with a great number of 
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 CAPTAIN INGLEFIELD'S 
 
 Narrative. 
 
 n^HE Centaur left Jamaica ill rather a leakv 
 X condit.oii, keeping two hancl-pumps goiji?. 
 and when ,t blew frefh fometimes a fpell v?uh^a 
 cham-pump was ncce/Tary ; but I had no appre. 
 henfion that the (hip was not able to encounter a 
 common gale of wind. In the evening of the 
 l<Jth September, 178<2, when the fatal gale came 
 on, tne fh.|> was prepared for the worft weather 
 u/ually met with in thofc latitudes, though at that 
 time It did not blow very flrong. Towards mid- 
 night It blew a gale of wind, and the (hip made fo 
 much wat^r that 1 was obliged to tu . all hands 
 xip to fpell the pumps. The leak ftill eicreafing, 
 i had thoughts to try the (hip before the feal 
 Wappy I fhould hiive been perhaps, had I deter- 
 romcd on th.s-the impropriety of leaving the con- 
 voy, except ,n the laft extremity, and hopes of the 
 weather growing more moderate, weighed a^ainft 
 theopmion that it was right. About two in the 
 niorn.ng the wind lulled, and we flattered our- 
 selves the gale was breaking ; foon after, we had • 
 rnuch thunder and lightning, with rain, uhen it 
 
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 be-an to blow {Irong in gufts of wind, which 
 obti'recl me to haul the mainlail up, the (hip being 
 then under bare poles.. This was fcarcely done 
 when a guft of wind exceedmg in violence every 
 thino of°the kind I had ever ieen, or had any con- 
 ceptTon of, laid the (hip upon her beam ends. 
 The water forfook the hold, and appcr.red between 
 decks To as to fill the men's hammocks to leeward : 
 the (hip lay motionlefs, and to all appearances irre- 
 coverablv overfet. The water increahng faft, _1 
 erave immediate diredions to cut away the mam 
 and mizen marts, hoping when the (h.p ngnted 
 to wear her. The miz.n maft went fird witnoiit 
 the fm.illeft e^ed on the (hip. The main maft> 
 followed, and 1 had the difappointment tolee the 
 forcmart and bowfprit follow alfo, the (hip upon 
 this immediately righted, but with great vial^ice:- 
 and the motion was (o quick, that it was difficult 
 for the people to work the pumps. Three guns 
 broke loofe upon the main deck, and it was fome. 
 time before they werefe.ured. Several men being 
 maimed in the attempt ; every moveable was 
 deftroved either from the (hot thrown loofe from 
 the bckers, or the wreck of the Deck I 
 
 The officers who had left their Beds (when the 
 (hip overfet) naked iu the morning, had not an 
 article of clothes to put on, nor could their friend, 
 f.pply them. Them.fts had not been over ha 
 St ^^ minutes before I was informed the tiler 
 b d broke Ihort in the rudder hea : and before 
 ?. chocks could be placed, the rudder iticlfwas 
 
 
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 being 
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 goht.-Th-os vve were as ,nucl, difafle^d as if 
 «« pofl.ble ly,„gat ,hc ™crcy of .he wind and 
 iea ; yet I l,ad c,„e co,„rort, that .he pumps 
 feemed .„ reduce .he water i„ the hold : and a 
 the .norn.ng came on, ,hc weather grew more 
 moderate the w,„d having fl,i,>ed i„ .he gale ."he 
 Wh.Weft._At day light I ,aw two lit-eof bat! 
 tie (h,ps to leeward .-One had loft her foret„aft 
 and bowfpnt, the other her mainmaft. I. wa 
 he general opnnon o» board the Cenlaur that Z 
 
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 he mor,„„g I Ihw another line of ba tie A n T 
 
 Vaele p;r;:"'^''t7T ''■'^'"S--1>ed"to be'^th 
 
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 anjft' vas' tf "'T ""'^ '°°" '^'" '" ^^' hoifted. 
 and , « as the only one we had remainino • but I 
 
 an Lf;■"'7'°''^■^''■=^'"^''='^-i'- 
 and(iandto.,ardsus. Several of the Merchant 
 
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 tio L^ 't '°'"i"^'"^ him of oSr condi- 
 
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 "ot,X ;,r'';?'r^'''''*=Weared ,o us 
 "ot.o.,av.it,fteiednuhcleaft by the ftorm, and 
 
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 havinc fcen h« wear, we knew (he was um|cc 
 ?hr"°ov=rmr.e,.t of her h=l,t.: but approachn.g 
 wUhin two n„l«, n,e paffed us to wmdward. 
 This being obferved by on. of the Merchant (h,ps, 
 
 '^'-^=^irtor:"T^det:d\tMia: 
 
 S:c;r.^&;"f Wi>.cin..Mhat the Ce,. 
 
 appeared to be, as in d,<.k guns were 
 
 1„ the mean time all the quarts „ ^^^_^_ 
 
 thrown overboard, and f "but fix w ^^^^ 
 
 fet, of the mam deck. 1 he hip lyu. 
 of 'the iea. laboured prodjg.oufly. '^ f.^/^ 
 dered that a drag *»« be mad ,(, , ,„aU cable 
 a„cho> and a ^""Pl^.^f 7"' "^^^ut this with a 
 veered out from the l«»^'i°°^-'f ' jid not ef- 
 fail on the ftump of the m.zen mail d,d . ^^^ 
 
 feflually keep the fh,p-s ^7;° *\;^;,,u blew 
 evening cameon.t grew hazy -d.^^q^^.^^^^^ 
 
 ftrong: we loft fight "f ^e V f„her in the 
 
 thought it a c;--4*: ' ta"^i„ conftant labour 
 mormng. rhen.ght w , ^^^^^^^ ^^e 
 
 at the P.-P^;°TX it blew ftrong aga.n. the 
 water diminilhecl . wncu i . . 
 
 iea rifing, the water asamcncrcafed. 
 
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 dward. 
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 ring to 
 Maftcr 
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 :3, that 
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 rwafds* 
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 b than il 
 lat tack. 
 ns were 
 lad over- 
 he trough 
 refore or- 
 i\e ftream 
 lall cable 
 [3 with a 
 i not ef- 
 . As the 
 iialls blew 
 Paris, but 
 jer in the 
 tant labour 
 uUed, the 
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 ^Towards the morning of the ISth, I was in- 
 formed there were {even feet of water upon the 
 keelfon : that oneof the winches of the pumps was 
 broke, that the two fpare ones would not fit ; and 
 
 that the hand pumps were choaked, thefecir- 
 cumftanccs were fufficiently alarming ; but upon 
 opening the after hold to get fomc Rum up for 
 the people, we found our condition much more fo 
 in reality. 
 
 It will be iieceflary to mention, that the Cen- 
 taur's after hold wasenclofed by a bulk hea 'i at 
 the after part of the well : here were all the dry 
 provifions and (liip's Rum, flowed upon twenty- 
 chaldrons of Coal, which unfortunately had beea 
 Parted in this part of the fhip, and by them the 
 pumps were continually choaked. The chain 
 pumps were lb much worn, as to be of little 
 ufc ; and the leathers^ which had the well 
 been clear would have lafted twenty days or 
 more, were all confumed in eight. At this'time 
 it was obierved, that the water had not a paiTage 
 to the well, all the Rum, twenty-fix Puncheons, 
 all the provifions, of which there were two Months, 
 in cafks were ftovc, having floated with violence 
 from fide to fide until there was not a whole calk 
 remaining : even the ftavcs, that were found upon 
 clearing the hold were moft of them broken in two 
 or three pieces. In the fore hold we had a prof, 
 pea of perilhing : fliould the Ihip fwim, we had no 
 Water but what remained in the ground tier, and 
 over this all the wet Provihons and butts filled 
 
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 with fait water were floating, and with (o much 
 motion, that i;o man could with fafety go into the 
 hold. There tvas nothing left for us to try but 
 baling whh buckets at the fore hatchway and fifh 
 room ; and twelve large canvas buckets were 
 immediately employed at each. On opening the 
 filh room wc were fo fortunate as to difcover that 
 two puncheons of Rum, which belonged to me, 
 hadelcai'cd; they were immediately got up, and 
 ferved out at times in drams ; and had it not been 
 for this relief, and fome Lime Juice, the people 
 would have dropped. 
 
 We foon found ouraccount in baling: thefpare 
 pump had been put down the fore hatchway, and 
 a pump (liifted to the fi(h room, but the motion of 
 the fhip had wafhcd the Coals lb fmall, that they 
 had reached every part of thelhip, and thefe pumps 
 foon, choaked however the water, by noon, had 
 confidcrably diminiflied by working the Buckets, 
 but there appeared no prolpeft of faving the ihip, 
 
 if the galecontiijued. 
 
 The labour was too great 
 
 to hold cut with(mt water ; yet the people worked 
 without a murmur, and indeed with cheerfulncfs. 
 At this lime the weather was more moderate, 
 and preparations were made to get up a jury forc- 
 maft ; but as the evening came on, the gale 
 again encreafcd. We had fcen nothing this day, 
 but the fiilp which had loft her mainmaft, and 
 ihc appeared to be as much in want of afliftance 
 as ourfelvcs, having fired guns of diftrefs ; and 
 before uight I was told her forcmaft was gone. 
 
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 into the 
 try but 
 and fifh 
 ts were 
 ling the 
 ver that 
 to me, 
 up, atid 
 lot been 
 ; people 
 
 thefpare 
 ray, and 
 otion of 
 bat they 
 fe pumps 
 oon, had 
 Buckets, 
 the Ihip, 
 too great 
 ; worked 
 irfuhicfs, 
 noderate, 
 jury foic- 
 thc gale 
 this day, 
 tad* and 
 afliftance 
 rcfs ; and 
 gone. 
 
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 The Centaur laboured fo much that I had Icarc* 
 a hope that fhc could fwim till morning.— Howe- 
 ver, by great exertion of the chain pumps and 
 baling, we held our own, but our fufferings, for 
 want of water were very great, and many of the 
 people could not be reftrained from drinkino- fait 
 water. At day light the 19th, there was no veflcl 
 in fight, and flafhes from Guns having been feeii 
 in the night, we feared the Ihip we had feeii 
 the preceding day had foundered. Towards 
 10 o'clock in the forenoon the weather grew more 
 moderate, the , ^ter diminiflied in the hold, and 
 the people were encouraged to redouble their ef- 
 forts to get the water low enough to break & calk 
 of fre/h water out of the ground tier, and fome of 
 themoftrefoluteof^hc feamen were employed in 
 the attempt : at noon we fucce«dcd with one calk, 
 which was a feafonable relief. 
 
 AH the officers, paffengers and boys, who were 
 not of the profeflion of feamen, had been employed 
 thrumming a fail, which was pafled under the 
 Ihip's bottom, and I thought it had fome cffe(5^. 
 The Jhecrs were raifcd for the foremaft ; the 
 weather looked promifing, and the fea fell ; and at 
 night we were able to relieve at the pumps, and 
 baling every two hours. 
 
 By the morning of the 20th, the fore hold was 
 cleared of the water ; and we had the comforta- 
 ble promife of a fine day — it proved fo, and I was 
 determined to make ute of it with every poffible 
 exertion. I divided the fhip's company, with the 
 
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 officers attending them, into parties, to raifc the jury 
 foremaft, to heave overboard the lovver-dcck guns : 
 to clear the wrecks of the fore and after holds ; to 
 prepare the machine for {leering the (hip, and to 
 woi-k the pumps ; by night, the after hold was 
 as clear as when the ihip was launched ; for, to 
 our aftoniaiment, there was not a fhovel full of 
 Coals remaining ; twenty chaldrons having been 
 pumped out fince the commencement of the gale. 
 The flandards of the Cock pit, an immente 
 quantity of ftaves and wood, and part of the lining 
 of the fliip, were thrown overboard, that if the 
 water Ihould again appear in the hold, we might 
 have no impediment in baling. All the guns 
 were overboard, the foremaft fecured, and the 
 jntchine for ftecring (which was to be Hmilar to 
 that which was contrived on board the Ipfwich) 
 was in great forwardnefs ; fo that I was in hopes, 
 the moderate weather continuing, that I fliould be 
 able to ftecr the (liip by noon the following day, 
 and at leaft lave the people on fome of the 
 Weftcrn Illands. Had we had any ihip in com- 
 pany with us, I fliould have thought it my duty 
 to have quitted the Centaur this day. 
 
 This night the people got fome reft by relieving 
 the watches— but in the morning of the 21ft, wc 
 bad the mortification to find that the weather again 
 threatened, and by noon it blew a ftorm. The 
 Ihip laboured greatly, and tiic water appeared in 
 the fore and after hold, and was cncreafnig. The 
 Carpenter alfo informed me that the leathers were 
 
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 and 
 
:hcjury 
 k guns : 
 lids ; to 
 and to 
 Id was 
 ; for, to 
 full of 
 |CT been 
 :hegale. 
 ■nmenfe 
 »c lining 
 ; if the 
 e might 
 he guns 
 and the 
 imilar to 
 Ipfwich) 
 ;n hopes, 
 fliould be 
 'ing day, 
 c of the 
 1 in com- 
 my duty 
 
 ' relieving 
 !21ft, we 
 ther again 
 rm. The 
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 ing. The 
 ilhcrs were 
 
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 nearly confumed ; and likewife, that the chains of 
 thcpunnps, by conftant exertion, and the fii6lioii 
 of the Coals, were nearly rendered ufelefs. 
 
 As we had now no other refoiirce but baling, 
 I gave orders that fcuttles fhould be cut through the 
 decks, to introduce more buckets into the hold: 
 all the faihnakers were employed night and day 
 in making Canvas buckets ; and the orlop deck 
 having fallen on the larboard fide, I ordered the 
 /hect cable to be roufed overboard. The wind at 
 this time was at Wert, and being on the larboard 
 tack, many fchemes had been pra^iled to wear the 
 /hip, that we might drive in to a lei's boifterous 
 latitude, as well as approach thcWeftcrn Ifles : but 
 none lucceeded : and having a weak Caipenters* 
 crew, they were hardly fufficient to attend the 
 pumps, fo that we could not make any progrefs 
 with the fleering machine, another fad 'had been 
 thrummed and got over, but without effed ; indeed 
 .there was no profjie^ but in a change of weather. 
 The after Cock Pit had fallen in— the fore Cojk 
 Pitthe fame, with all ibe llore rooms down : 
 
 The ftcrn port was f) loofe, that as the (hip rol- 
 led the water ruHied in on either fids in <^rcat 
 flrcams, which we could not flop. Mght came 
 on with the fame dreary profpe-5t as ^n the even- 
 ing preceding, and was pafTed in continual efforts 
 and labour— Morning came, the i>3d, without 
 our fecmganv thing, or any chaug- of weather, and 
 the (My wasfpcni with the fhmc^nrugglcs to keep 
 the Ihip above water, pumping and baling at the 
 
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 hatchways and fcuttlcs ; towards night another of the 
 chain pumps was rendered quite uielefs, by one of 
 the rollers being difplaccd at the bottom, and this 
 was without remedy, as there was too much water 
 in the well to get to it. We alfo had but fix leathers 
 remaining, lb that the fate of the (hip was not far 
 of ftill the labour went on without any apparent 
 deVpair, every officer taking his (hare of it, and the 
 people were always cheerful and obedient. 
 Durin^r the night the water encreafcd, but about 
 feven \n the morning of the 24th, I was told that an 
 unufual quantity appeared all at once ui the fore 
 hold which upon my going forward to be convmc- 
 cd, I found but too true. The ftowage of the 
 hold ground tier was all in motion, fo that in a 
 fhort time there was not a whole calk to be feen. 
 We were now convinced the (hip had fprung a 
 fre(h leak : another fail had been thrumrimg all 
 night, and 1 was giving diredions to place it over 
 th? bows, when 1 perceived the (hipiettl.ngby the 
 head, the lower deck boW ports being even witli 
 the water. At this period the Carpenter acquauU- 
 ed me that the well was (love in, deftroyed by the 
 wreck of the hold, and the chain-pumps di placed, 
 and totally ufelels. Tiicrc was nothing left but 
 to redouble our efforts in baling-but it became 
 difficult to fill the buckets,, from the quantity ot 
 (laves, planks, anchor (locks, and yard-arm 
 pieces, which were now waflied from the 
 'wh gs and iloating from fide to fide with the 
 Motion of the Ihip. The peopie, who, to this penod 
 
rofth© 
 one of 
 ;d this 
 
 water 
 eathers 
 not far 
 ^parent 
 iiid the 
 jedient. 
 It about 
 
 that an 
 the fore 
 onvuic- 
 
 of the 
 at in a 
 be feen. 
 fprung a 
 ■ning all 
 - it over 
 igby the 
 ven with 
 acquaint- 
 ed by the 
 dilplaced, 
 ; left but 
 it became 
 KUitity of 
 yard-arm 
 from the 
 
 with the 
 this period 
 
 ( 15 ) 
 
 labource!, as determined to conquer their difficult 
 lies without a murmur, ora complaint, feeing their 
 efForts ufclefs, many of them burft into tears, and 
 wept like children- 
 
 Every time I vifited the hatch-way I obferved 
 the water encreafed, and at noon it wafhed eveii 
 with the orlop deck. The Carpenter allured me 
 that the (hip could not fwim long, and propofed 
 making rafts to float the ihip's company, whom 
 it was not in my power to encourage any lono-er 
 with a profpe(5l of fafety — fome appeared perfe'ft-" 
 ly refigned, went to their hammocks, and de- 
 fircd their mefs- mates to lafh them in : others were 
 lafliing themfclves to gratings and fmali rafts, but 
 the mofl: predominant idea was, that of putting on 
 their befl: and cleaneft clothes. 
 
 The weather about noon had been fomethlno- 
 moderate, and as rafts had been mentioned by the 
 Carpenter, I thought it right to make the attempt, 
 though I knew our booms could not float half the 
 Ihip's company in fine weathir, but we were in a 
 fituation to catch at aftraw. I therefore called the 
 ihip's company together, told them my intention^ 
 recommending to them to remain regularand obe- 
 dient to their Officers: preparations were imme- 
 diately made to this purpofe : the booms were 
 cleared, the Boats, of which we had three, viz : 
 Cutter, Pinnace, and five oared Yawl, were got o- 
 yer the fide, a bag of bread was ordered to be put 
 in each, and any liquors that could be got at, for 
 the purpofe of lupplying the rafts. I had intend- 
 
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 1 
 
 i 
 
 (IS) 
 
 d mvfelf to go Into the five oared Yawl, and llie, 
 co.fwa\„ was delircd to get any th.ng trom my 
 Tward that might be ulcM. Two men wju, 
 could be depended on, were placed n> each of them. 
 '„ prevent iny man from forcing the Boat,, or get- 
 tin', into them, until an arrangement was made 
 While thel'e preparations were making, the imp 
 Is gradually hl.king, the orlop decks hav.g ce 
 blown np by the waier in the nold, and the cables 
 floated .1 the gun deck-the men had for fome 
 time quitted .heir empUn ment of bahng, and the 
 fliip was left to her fate. 
 
 In the afternoon, the weather agani threatened, 
 and in fqualls blue ftrong, the fea ran h,gh and 
 the Yawl ftove along f.dc and lunk ■■-^^^^^ 
 ^ening approached, the (h.p appeared httle more 
 
 than iufpended in water 
 
 There was no certainty that 1M wou 
 from one moment to another : and the love of Ide. 
 t^h 1 believe never «>ewed i.felf later m he p- 
 proach of death, began now to level »" d'ft'»« ""'^ 
 ^ It was impolTible, indeed, for any man to deceive 
 himlelt with ahopeofbeingfavedupona.afun 
 foch a fea : befides that, the (hip m finkmg, t was 
 probable, would carry every thing down with her 
 in a vortex, to a certain diftance. 
 
 It las near five o'Clock. when corning from the 
 cabin, I obferved a number of men looking very 
 anxiouny over the f de : and looking over mylelt 
 1 ;^v feveral men had forced the P,»n«e and 
 that more were attempting to get in. 1 had nu- 
 

 id the 
 m my 
 1, who 
 fthcm, 
 or get- 
 ; made. 
 
 ,ie fliip 
 lor been 
 s cables 
 r fomc 
 and the 
 
 eatened, 
 Th, and 
 s the e- 
 ,tle more 
 
 id fwitn 
 re of lite, 
 1 the ap* 
 tiii61ions. 
 
 deceive 
 
 1 a I aft in 
 jg, it was 
 
 with her 
 
 from the 
 
 » 
 
 .ing very 
 er mylclt, 
 lace, and 
 I had mi- 
 
 ( 17) 
 
 itt^ mediate thoughts of fecuring this Boat before (hp 
 might be Ibnk by numbers. There appeared not 
 more than a moment for confideration : to remain 
 and perilh with the fhip's company, whom I could 
 not be any longer of ufe to, or leize the opportuni- 
 ty which feemed the only way ofefcaping, and 
 leave the people, whom I had been fo well fatis- 
 fied with, on a variety of occafions, that I thought 
 I could give my life, topreferve them. 
 
 This indeed was a painful conflidl, and which, C 
 believe, no man can delcnbe, nor have a juft idea o^ 
 who has not been in a fimilar (ituation — the love of 
 life prevailed — I called Mr. Rainey, the Mafter, the 
 only Officer upon deck, defired him to follow me, 
 and immediately defcended into the boat, at the 
 after part of the chains, but not without great diffi- 
 culty got the boat clear from the (hip ; twice the 
 number that the boat would carry puftiing to get in, 
 and many jumping into the water. Mr. Baylis, a 
 young gentleman, fifteen years of age, leaped from 
 the chains after the boat had got off, and was ta- 
 ken in. The boat falling a-ftcrn became expofed 
 to the fea, and we endeavoured to pull her bow 
 round to keej) her to the break of the (ea, and to 
 pals to windward of the (hip, but in the attempt 
 (he was nearly filled : the lea ran too high, and the 
 only probability of her living, was keeping her be- 
 fore the wind. 
 
 It was then that 1 became fenfible how little, 
 if any thing better, our condition was, than that 
 of thofe who remained in the fhip — at bed, itap- 
 
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 C '8) 
 
 peared to be a prolongation of a mifeiable exift* 
 ance, wcwere altogether twelve in number, in a 
 leaky Boat, with one of the gunwales ftove, in 
 nearly the middle of the Weftern Ocean, without 
 Compafs, without Quadrant, without Sail, with- 
 out Great Coat or Cloak, all very thinly cloathed, 
 in a gale of Wind, with a great Sea running. 
 It was now five o'Clock in the Evening, and in 
 half an hour we loft fight of the fliip. Before it was 
 dark, a Blanket was difcovered in the Boat, 
 this was immediately bent to one of the Stretches, 
 end under it, as a fail, we fcudded all Night, in 
 expe Nation of being fwallowed up by every wave : 
 it being with great difficulty that we could fome- 
 times clear the Boat of the Water, before the return 
 of the next great Sea, all of us half drowned, and 
 fitting, except ihofe who baled, at the bottom of the 
 Boat. And without having really perifhed, I am 
 lure no people ever endured more. In the morn- 
 ing the Weather grew moderate, the wind having 
 Ihifted to the fouthward, as we difcovered b) the 
 ^un. Having furvived the iSight, we began to 
 recollcifl ourlelves, and think of our future prefer- 
 vation. When we quitted the fhip, the wind 
 was at North- Weft, and Fa^al had borne Eaft- 
 South-Eaft two hundred and fifty, or two hun- 
 dred and fixty Leagues. Mad the wind continued 
 for five or fix days there was a probability that, run- 
 ning betore the fea, we might have fallen in with 
 lome anc of the Weftern Iflands. "J he change of 
 wind was Death to thele hopes ; for, ftiould 
 it come to blow, we knew there would be no 
 
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( 19) 
 
 prefcrviiig life but by running before the Tea, which 
 
 running 
 us agani t 
 we niuft foon afterward 
 
 wou 
 
 Id carry 
 
 perifh 
 
 Nrrthward, where 
 
 Upon examining what we had to fubfift oti, I 
 found a bag of Bread, a fmall Ham, a fingle piece 
 of Fork, two quart bottles of Water,* and a few 
 of French Cordials. 
 
 The Wind continued to the Southward for eight 
 or nine days, and providentially never blew fo 
 Itrong but we could keep the fide of the boat to 
 the lea, but we were all moft mifeiably wet and 
 cold We kept a fort of a reckoning, but the Sua 
 and Stars being fomctimes hid from us for the 
 twenty, four hours, we had no certain ideas of 
 our Navigation. 
 
 We judged at this period, that we had made 
 nearly an haft North-Eaft courfe fi„ce the firft 
 night's run, and expe^ed to fee the Ifland of 
 «-oroo ; in this however we were difappointcd : 
 and now we feared that the Southerly Wind had 
 driven us far to the Northward. Our condition 
 began to be truly miferablc, both from hunger 
 and cold ; for on the f^fth day we had difcove?ed 
 that our Bread was nearly all fpoiled by fait water, 
 and it was necefTary to go to an allowance. One 
 bilcuit divided into twelve morlels, was ferved for 
 breakfaft and the fame for dinner : the neck of a 
 bottle broken ofFwith the cork in, fupplied the 
 
 h.v.ng mo remainmg Ue brought then; «t« the JBou ' ""*""*' "* 
 
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 i. 
 
( 20 ; 
 
 place of a (jlafs ; and this filled with water was 
 thcaiiowance for twenty- four hours for each man 
 —This vvas done without any fort of partiality or 
 diftin61ion : but we murt: have pcriOied 'ere this, 
 had wc not caught fix quarts of Rain Water; and* 
 this we could not have been bleHed with, had we 
 not found in the boat a pair of fheets, which by 
 accident had been put there — thefe were fprea'd 
 when it rained, and when thoroughly wet, wiuno- 
 into the Kidd with which we baled the boat. 
 With this ftiort allowance, which was rather tan- 
 talizing than fuftaining, we began to giow very 
 feeble, and our cloathes being continually wet, 
 our bodies were in many places chafed into' fores. 
 On the thirteenth day it fell calm, and foon after 
 & breeze of Wind fprang up from the N. N. Weft, 
 and blew to a gale, fo that we ran before the fea 
 at the rate of rive or fix miles an hour under our 
 blanket ; till we judged we were to the South- 
 ward of Fayal, and to the Weftward fixty Leagues : 
 but blowing ftrong, we could not attempt to fleer 
 for it. 
 
 This was the fifteenth day wc had been in the 
 boat, and we had only one day's bread, and one 
 bottle of water remaining of a fecond fuppJy of 
 Rain. Our fufferings were now as great as 
 human nature could bear : but wc were convin- 
 ced that good fpirits were a better fupport than 
 bodilv ftrength : for on this day Thomas Mat- 
 thews, Quarter Mafter, the ftouteft Man in the 
 boat, perifhed from hunger and cold : on the day 
 before, he had complamed of want of ftrength 
 
 in hi 
 
 inorii 
 
 deliri 
 
 pair ; 
 
 ^ndf £ 
 
 encou 
 
 ftory, 
 
 it imp 
 
 fdl ca] 
 
 fprang 
 
 there I 
 
 of rum 
 
 for the 
 
 As f 
 
 wind t( 
 
 ately fj 
 
 rate of 1 
 
 been le 
 
 when J 
 
 much c 
 
 South-] 
 
 fo often 
 
 I did nc 
 
 the peoj 
 
 they mio 
 
 till at lei 
 
 * Capiaiii / 
 Corpfe of Mat 
 •old ; which 
 <hoclting ricel 
 imprcflion on 
 proved itxbffii, 
 
 V 
 
 r^ 
 
fleer 
 
 de irious, a,„l died, witl^oufa".! a/' FhT 
 pa,r n„d glooo, had bee,. fuc?efif il/,^ ,i*i L'd 
 
 it impartible ,o raife ' it h^- a7 • If'''^ ' '^'""'' 
 If ■'^ ipread our fdil, running before the Tea at tL 
 
 t.Uat leugth. one of them broke out huo a moft 
 
 il 
 
 
(22) 
 
 ^mmorlcrate (wearing fit of Joy, which I could not 
 redrair, and declared he had never feen Land 
 in his i.ife if what he now law was not it. 
 \Ve immediately fhaped our courfe for it, though, 
 on mv pai t, with very little faith ; the wind frcih- 
 cned, the hoat went through the water at the rate 
 of five or fix miles an hour : and intwohours'ti ,o« 
 the Land was plainly ktn by every man in "lie 
 boat ; but, at a very great diftance : {othat vedid 
 not reach it before ten at night. It muft have been 
 at leaft twenty leagues from us, when fiift difcover- 
 cd : and 1 cannot help remarking, with mujh 
 thankfuinefs, on the providential favor Ihevvn to 
 us in this inltance. 
 
 In everv part oi the horizon, except where the 
 land was dilcovered, there was io thick a haze, that 
 we could not have leen any thing for more than 
 th^eeor four leagues, 
 
 Fayal bv our reckoning, bore eaft by north, which 
 courfe we were rteerin^ : and in a few hours, had 
 not the skv opened for our prefci vation, we ihould 
 have encre'afed our diftance from the land, got to 
 the eaftvvard, arid of courfe, miffed all the Iflands. 
 As wc approached the land, our belief had 
 flrengthcned that it was Fayal. The Ifland of Pico, 
 which might have revealed it to us, had the weather 
 hcQn perfedly clear, was, ue this time, capoed with 
 cloudb, ind 'it was fome tirn* liefore ' /e were 
 tjuitc latisfied, having :v;ivt:rieLl, for two hours, 
 a gieat part of the Ifland where the fteep 
 at)d rocky (hore refufed us n landing. This 
 circumftance was borne with much impatience, 
 
 guefe. 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 ■in- 
 
 xiX. 
 
uld not 
 n Land 
 
 not It. 
 though, 
 id frclh- 
 he rate 
 irs'ti'ii-? 
 
 in :Iie 
 t we did 
 ive been 
 lifcover- 
 i mujh 
 levvii to 
 
 lere the 
 ize, that 
 ire than 
 
 i» which 
 irs, had 
 
 2 (hould 
 , got to 
 Iflands. 
 ief had 
 of Pico, 
 weather 
 led with 
 e wcic 
 ) hours, 
 
 3 fteep 
 This 
 
 atience, 
 
 ( 23 ) 
 
 for we had flattered ourfclves that we flioukl 
 meet with frcfli Water at the firft part of 
 the Land we might approach: and bcinjr chTan- 
 pointcd, thethiiftoflcme had encrealed anxiety 
 almofttoa de^rccof madnefs : fo that we were 
 near making the attempt to land in fome places 
 were the Boat muft have been dafhed to pieces 
 by the Surf. ' 
 
 At length we difcovercd a fiOiin^ canoe, which 
 conduced us into the road ofFayal about midnight 
 but the regulation of the Port did not permit ut to 
 land till examined by the Health Officers. I ow- 
 ever, I did not think much of deeping this nioKtia 
 the boat, our j)ilot having brought us lorn? re- 
 Jrelhment cf bread, wine, and water. In he 
 niorning* we were vifited by Mr. Graham, the 
 lingjilh Conful, whofe humane attention mad« 
 very ample amends for the formality of the Portu- 
 guese indeed, I can never fufficientlv exprefs the 
 lenfe I have of his kindnefs and humanity, both to 
 myfelf and people : for I believe it was {he whole 
 otlus employment for feveral davs, contrivino- the 
 bcftmeansof reftoring us tohealthand firen%h. 
 It IS true, I believe there never were more pitiable 
 objcds. Some of the flouted men belono-incr to 
 the Centaur were obliged to be fupported thrSu^h 
 the ftreetsof Faxal. Mr. Rainey, ihe Mafter,and 
 mylelf,wcre, I think, in better health than the 
 relt : but I could not walk without being fupport- 
 ed : and tor leveral days, with the beft and moft 
 
 *10ih Odlobcr. 
 
 — " "™**s.r. -, 1 
 
( 2* ) 
 
 comfortable provifions of diet and lodging, 
 grew rather worfe than better. 
 
 wc 
 
 IT mufl be conlidercd that this i<? an Extra(5l 
 from an Official Letter, which will account for the 
 Narrative breaking otF fo abruptly. — The other 
 part informs the Admiralty of Captain Ingle- 
 Pield's intention of proceeding to Lisbon as fooii 
 as the people recovered fufficient flrength. 
 
 The recovery of the j)eople when on Ihore ap- 
 peared very doubtful from the difficulty of fwallow- 
 ing, and theftoniach refufing almoft every thing 
 offered as nourifliment ; and fuch was their delirium 
 at times, that it was with the greateft: difficulty 
 they could be pcrfuadcd they were not flill in the 
 boat cxpofed to the dangers of the lea. 
 
 tht 
 
 "in 
 
 V, 
 
 ^.Ji* 
 
% 
 
 I 
 
 ;mg, we 
 
 Extra(5t 
 It for the 
 le other 
 
 Ingle- 
 . as Ibou 
 
 here ap* 
 fwallow- 
 ry thing 
 delirium 
 difficulty 
 11 ill the 
 
 V\ 
 
 
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 The full' whig nrc the Names of the Officers and' 
 Aji n ivh') were Jtived in the i'iimuLt!, 
 
 J. y. luglifieid, Klq. Captain 
 
 Mr. l^homn^i Iiuuiei/^ INIalter 
 
 Mr. Iiof)e/t h''f/lt\ Midfhipman 
 
 Mr. Ju/iu\s r/«'/r, Surgeon's Mate 
 
 7/.>i,n//n/ SVi///iv/«, Captain's Coxluain 
 
 Jo// 11 (rrr>r:ni/^ Q'.iarter-Maitcr 
 
 i'hdiki M'Cuilhi/* 
 
 i liar'Us Flirn |Si;>ce 
 
 (Gallagher ) dead J, seamen 
 
 I 
 
 y'hidiw'e llutihinsf 
 
 C hn/iupher Sti voifmi^ » 
 
 7//fl/;/^/f .Vr;/ //m'sQL,arte;--Maf>cr, died in the 
 boat, tiic day before we U\w ihc laud. 
 
 
 
 ON the L>5:h of Januarv, 1733, the Coiirf* 
 a^atrial alien. hied, and was held on board 
 the Ucnljnu, m Port mouth Harbour, to enquire 
 JutothcCHuie of the Lofs of Jjjs M jc-rh's bhip 
 C«7?/««r, under the command of Cai,t. f,/in >'/. 
 cf,o;j,m In.Uficld, and t..trv thefnd Captain, Offi, 
 cers and l^eople, who beJo,ig(<! tc, htr at the time / 
 
 ihe was hnkn.g: Having heard the Narrative of ^ 
 the ia.d Ca, ta.n hghfUO, and exanuned the 
 Olhcersanci Men prcleiit, and maturely and de- 
 liberately conlidcicd the whole, the Court is of 
 
 * Now a Bontrwai-i of a r.inc of R.tile Shin. / 
 
 t >>"w a B.. Ifw.un o' a I.,n« of Battlv Sliin. ' 
 
 ;t NovvafiloiitwcwtaiUc. J 
 
 D 
 
 / 
 
r 
 
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 oDinion, that the faid Captain Mn higkfidd ac- 
 r"te"h,mielf as a cool, relolu.e, an<l exper.enced 
 ?.ffi er amiwa. well iupported bv h,s Officers and 
 ^h^rComnanv .heir Jmtcd exertions appcarmg 
 1 1' ea^aTd'm n V, as to reflcft the higheft honour 
 i°,!he wholerand'to leave the dcepeft u.prdhon u. 
 
 r™::;is of.h,s court,that 7;---';' -^/'i ■; 
 
 tlv have been done to pveferve H.s M..jel J 1; « 
 Shin the Cenumr from her melancholy tate : 1 he 
 cZm therefore adjndge. that .he la,d Ca-,t.m 
 jZ Iu,kfi'"U his Officers ^^^^^^^^ 
 nrouitteil of all blame on account of the k '*""'» 
 M^i^^ftv'l late Ship CV«<.«--; and they are hereby 
 
 acquitied accoicliiigly. 
 
 WILLIAM rOTHAM. , w •/?,-, Sfiitt 
 
 CAPTAINS : 
 
 lOHV VLP'nN*!TOME. 
 1- OMAS FrZihROFRT, 
 Hi. W. CORNVVALLIS, 
 S.MURL KKt,VK 
 lONATHAN KAUiKNER, 
 ]|ij„. p. BtRUt, 
 S. MAR^HM.Im 
 S \V Cl.AYiOM, 
 lO IN HAI lOWAY, 
 
 c CO! 1 1 v <;"»'<>'">. 
 
 J. T '. U' R'^ORTii, 
 
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