d, as they ought to have been, which
caus'd the Coopers more Work; neither did I make a little Noise about
it, because I had more Words with my Chief and Second Mate, about my
Third and Fourth Mate, than any thing else.

Having all my Water aboard, about 80 Tun, 25 Head of Oxen, _&c._, I
sail'd the 13th of _October_, with several of my Men not recover'd; some
I buried at _Johanna_, and some after, to the Number of Ten, or
thereabouts. Having a fine Gale, I made all the Sail I could, except
Studding-sails, which I thought needless. The Wind veer'd to the
Northward, and I was resolved to make the _Mallabar_ Course as soon as
possible, for the Advantage of the Land and Sea Winds. I had one
Passenger aboard, a sad troublesome wicked Fellow, whose Behaviour was
so bad, that I could hardly forbear using him ill. I forbid my Officers
keeping Company with him; but Mr. _B----s_ would do it at all Events. I
turn'd him once off the Quarter-Deck for being with him there, yet that
did not avail. I came out one Night about half an Hour past Ten, my
second Mate's Watch, and this _B----s's_ Turn to sleep; and seeing a
Light in his Cabin, I sent Mr. _Cuddon_, the second Mate, to him, to
know how he would be able to sit up one Watch, and keep his own. Upon
this _B----s_ came up half way the Steerage-Ladder, with his Pipe in his
Hand, and talk'd to me very pertly; and that was not the first time.
This put me into a Passion, to be so talk'd to by a Boy, that I did
dismiss him for two or three Days, and then re-stated him, which was
more than he deserv'd, for keeping Company with him for whom the worst
of Names is good enough, and those who recommended him to his
Commission. _B----s_ was told of this by Mr. _Rogers_, by my Orders, and
I told him of it on the Quarter-Deck, and told him at the same time I
was resolv'd to tell the Gentlemen at Home of ----; and ask'd him what
he imagin'd they would think of him for keeping such swearing drunken
Company. This was before I dismiss'd him.

Before I came in with the Land, hearing much talk of _Angria_,[13] by
Capt. _Scarlet_, and Mr. _Rogers_, and of his great Force (for I had
very little Notion of him before) I took care to put the Ship in a
proper Posture of Defence: Powder-Chests on the Quarter-Deck, Poop, and
Forecastle, a Puncheon fill'd with Water in the Main-top, a Hogshead in
the Fore-top, and a Barrel in the Mizen-top, all fill'd with Water:
Chests with good Coverings in the Tops for Gre