long been the talk of mariners in those seas; no other, in a word,

than the very ship he was now on board of, and which we had so

unluckily purchased. I presently saw there was no help for it but

to tell him the plain truth, and explain all the danger and trouble

we had suffered through this misadventure, and, in particular, our

earnest wish to be speedily quit of the ship altogether; for which

reason we had resolved to carry her up to Nankin.

The old man was amazed at this relation, and told us we were in the