N. Between The Equator And Which Latitude We Spent About Six Weeks, With Perpetual Calms Or Contrary Winds From The North, Sometimes North-East And North-West; Owing To Which Loss Of Time, And Our Small Store Of Provisions, We Were Very Doubtful Of Being Able To Keep Our Course.

At this time some of our men became very mutinous, threatening to break up other people's chests, to the

Entire consumption of our provisions and ourselves; for every man had now his share of provisions in his own custody, that they might know what they had to trust to, and husband that the more thriftily.

Anxious to prevent the occurrence of absolute famine, and being informed by one of the ship's company who had been at the island of Trinidada, in a voyage with Mr Chudlei, and that we might be sure of having provisions there, our captain directed the course for that island; but not knowing the currents, we overshot it in the night, getting into the gulf of Paria, in which we were for eight days, unable to get out again, as the current constantly set in, and our ship was often in three fathoms water. At length the current put us over to the western side of the gully under the main-land, so that by keeping close in shore, and having the wind off the land in the night, we got out to the northward. Being now clear, we came in four or five days to the isle of Mona, where we anchored and remained about eighteen days, during which time the Indians of Mona gave us some victuals.

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