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As foon as my new mafter arrived in London, his firft care was to execute the commifllon for which ive had been given to him ; but the perfon, to whom his ap- plication was to be made, happening to be E 3 out ;8 C H R Y S A L : Or the out of town for a few days, that he might not lofe any time, he proceeded to fettle ibme affairs of his own ; in the courfe of which, I had an opportunity of feeing into ibme part of the fecrets of his myfterious bufmefs. The profefied motive for his coming to tow...n, was to fettle his own, and pafs his captain's accounts, between which there was a connection not necefiary to be known to any other -, for though my late matter did not think it confident with his dignity to be too familiar with his officers, and generally flighted their opinion, if only to mew his own fuperiority and keep them at a proper diftance, with him and his purfer the cafe vras quits otherwife, the beft underftanding always fubfifting between them, and every affair being concerted with the greateft har- mony, to their mutual advantage : an agreement, which befide the comfort and convenience of it to themfelves, had this hap- py influence over the reft of the fhip's com- pany, that it kept them, if not eafy, at leaft quiet, from all murmurings, and com- plaints of bad provifions, fliort weights, and fuch like imaginary grievances, which the reftlefs temper of feamen is too apt to make the caufe of much trouble to the pur- fer, and difturbance to the captain, when thefc Adventures of a GUINEA.
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