Narrative of the shipwreck of the Juno, on the coast of Aracan, and of the singular preservation of fourteen of her company on the wreck ... / In a letter to his father, the Rev. Thomas Mackay ... By William Mackay.

  • Mackay, William
Date:
1798
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Credit: Narrative of the shipwreck of the Juno, on the coast of Aracan, and of the singular preservation of fourteen of her company on the wreck ... / In a letter to his father, the Rev. Thomas Mackay ... By William Mackay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    t [ vii ] the effects of that difafter, he was appointed to one of the Company’s country Ihips<> which was difpatched for Europe, and ar¬ rived in Auguft, 17Q0« No fooner had fhe difcharged her cargo, than Hie was ordered out to the Weft-Indies with troops, and did not return till Auguft, 1797* In the month of November following, Mr. Mackay failed again for India. The letters were accord- . ingly written during the ftiort intervals of duty, in circumftances by no means favour** able to diftinct recollection, and an accurate¬ ly detailed narration. The Editor not having the advantage of ( Mr. Mackay’s own affiftance, hopes that, if in the few corrections which he has hazard¬ ed, he fliould any where have mif-ftated matters