. A voyage to the South-Seas, in the years 1740-1 : containing, a faithful narrative of the loss of His Majesty's ship the Wager on a desolate island in the latitude 47 south, longitude 81 : 40 west .... hich XX The P R E F A C E. which will appear incredible. TheAccount we give of the PatagonianIndians, and our own Dijlreffes^ thoever fo well attefled^ will not eajilyobtain Credit; and People will hardlybelieve that Human Nature couldpojfibly fupport the Miferies that wehave endured. All the Difficulties related we haveaElually e?tdurd^ afid perhaps muflendure 7nore : Till the Commodore sArri

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. A voyage to the South-Seas, in the years 1740-1 : containing, a faithful narrative of the loss of His Majesty's ship the Wager on a desolate island in the latitude 47 south, longitude 81 : 40 west .... hich XX The P R E F A C E. which will appear incredible. TheAccount we give of the PatagonianIndians, and our own Dijlreffes^ thoever fo well attefled^ will not eajilyobtain Credit; and People will hardlybelieve that Human Nature couldpojfibly fupport the Miferies that wehave endured. All the Difficulties related we haveaElually e?tdurd^ afid perhaps muflendure 7nore : Till the Commodore sArrival we camtot know our Fate \ atprefe7it we are out of all Employment^and have nothi?tg to fupport ourfelvesand Families, but the Profits arifingfrom the Sale of our Journal; whichperhaps may be the Sum Total we fhall- ever receive for our Voyage to theSouth-Seas, A VOY-. O Y A T O T H E SOUTH yl 4j ^

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