The narrative of Captain David Woodard and four seamen: who lost their ship while in a boat at sea, and surrendered themselves up to the Malays in the island of Celebes ; containing an interesting account of their sufferings ... ; also an account of the manners and customs of the country ... ; Together with an introduction, and an appendix. Containing narratives of various escapes from shipwrecks ... holding out a valuable seaman's guide ... / [Ed. by W. Vaughan].

Woodard, D. N. (David N.)

Date:: 1805

Credit: The narrative of Captain David Woodard and four seamen: who lost their ship while in a boat at sea, and surrendered themselves up to the Malays in the island of Celebes ; containing an interesting account of their sufferings ... ; also an account of the manners and customs of the country ... ; Together with an introduction, and an appendix. Containing narratives of various escapes from shipwrecks ... holding out a valuable seaman's guide ... / [Ed. by W. Vaughan]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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«188 APPENDIX. (No, IX.) life, and immediately had. them conveyed to a negro hut near the spot, giving them such auiiabyehbath as they could take. In the mean time a messenger was dispatched to Kingston, informing Paul Phipps, esq. [then chief magistrate], who instantly sent and had them conveyed with care to Kingston. The white man was put into the parish hospital, and the negro boy given’ into the care of captain Bartlett, the commander of the town guard. Their bodies were in the most miserable, emaciated, and loathsome state. After two days of rests _they were so far recovered as to be able to relate their - story. “© On the 16th of August they had been out fifhing “in the canoe, when a heavy squall drove them off the land, without having either food or water on board, They soon lost sight of the island, and were for nine- teen days tossed at the mercy of the waves; during all which time they had only two flying fishes to subsist upon, which jumped into their boat. They received the water as it fell in the sail they made of their clothes, which served them for drink. A subscription was set on foot for the white man, by captain Bartlett, which ‘soon amounted to a sum sufficient to purchase such ne- cessaries as he wanted, and to carry him back to his home, at Grenada. * To Captain Robert Barilett, Jamaica. (By favour of Mr. Dawson.) “ Grenada, July 18, 1788. “SIR, ‘¢ BY a letter, dated Kingston, Jamaica, 29th of Sep- tember 1787, written tome by Mr. Paul Phipps, your

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