Hand-Pumps, and ſeveral pair of Standards brought out of the Caſſandra, to relieve and ſtrengthen her; but obſerving the Indifferency of the Fleet, choſe rather to chaſe than run; and thought the beſt Way to ſave themſelves, was to play at Bullbeggar with the Enemy: So they came up with the Sea Wind, about Gun-Shot to Leeward, the great Ships of the Fleet a-head, and ſome others a-ſtern; which latter they took for Fire-Veſſels: And theſe a-head gaining from them by cutting away their Boats, they could do nothing more than continue their Courſe all Night, which they did, and found them next Morning out of Sight, excepting a Ketch and ſome few Gallivats, (ſmall ſort of Veſſels ſomething like the Feluccas of the Mediterranean, and hoiſts, like them, triangular Sails.) They bore down, which the Ketch perceiving, tranſported her People on Board a Gallivat, and ſet fire to her; the other proved too nimble and made off. The ſame Day they chaſed another Gallivat and took her, being come from Gogo, bound for Callicut with Cotton. Of theſe Men they enquired concerning the Fleet, ſuppoſing they muſt have been in it; and altho’ they proteſted they had not ſeen a Ship or Boat ſince they left Gogo, and pleaded very earneſtly for Favour; yet they threw all their Cargo over-board, and ſquezed their Joints in a Vice, to extort Confeſſion: But they entirely ignorant of who or what this Fleet ſhould be, were obliged not only to ſuſtain this Torment, but next Day a freſh eaſterly Wind having ſplit the Gallivats Sails, they put her Company into the Boat, with nothing but a Tryſail, no Proviſions, and only four Gallons of Water, (half of it Salt,) and then out of Sight of Land, to ſhift for themſelves.
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