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his tender mother, and she her dear son, and wept over each
other some time, he'left her, and hastened to hia new roaster,
who, not expecting that he would return, was go glad to see
him, that he went that moment and liought him clothes and
linen fit for sen.
In a few days after, they set sail for a three years' voyage.
During their sailing, Phil, whose agreeable temper had gained
him the love of all the ship s crew, being often with the man
at the helm* soon learned the compass, and hy the instructions
every one on board strove to give him^ in a little time he was
qualified for a sailor; and hi3riia>iter allowed him a sailor's pay
for the following voyage, which was soon after; at the expi­
ration of which time, the men, on tiieir return to England,
were paid off, the ship being laid up for repairs, Qnarll, hearing
nf a ship hound for the South Seas, the captain of her having
been first mate to the ship in which Quarll had formerly belonged,
this encouraged him to venture that voyage. For three months
of their voyage nothing material occurred; but on the first
day of the fourth month, the wind veered to the south-west,
and blew a violent gale ; and there feting a great sea, the ship
took in a quantity of water: the wind continuing two days,
was productive of a very great storm, which held for one day
and two nights more ; during which time they perceived them­
selves near some rocks. The storm rather increasing, and it
growing dark, they ifcspaircd much of saving the ship, as the
in am-yard could not lower, the ship’s tackling being disordered
by the violence of the storm ; at length there came a sea which
dashed the ship to shatters against the rock, and with tbe
violence of the shock, flung Quarll, who was astride on the
main-yard, on the top of the rock, where, having the good
fortune to fall into a cleft, he was hindered from being washed
back again into the sea, and drowned, as everybody else was
that belonged to the ship* When day-light came, he looked