CHAPTER II--INTERVENING HISTORY OF COLONY.
It was in the latitude of 27 degrees 5 minutes N., on the 19th day of March 1694-95, when we spied a sail, our course SE.

and by S.

We soon perceived it was a large vessel, and that she bore up to us, but could not at first know what to make of her, till, after coming a little nearer, we found she had lost her main-topmast, fore-mast, and bowsprit; and presently she fired a gun as a signal of distress.

The weather was pretty good, wind at NNW.

a fresh gale, and we soon came to speak with her.