"First, we had for some days fared exceedingly hard, and sufferedvery great hunger; but at last we were wholly without food of anykind except sugar, and a little wine and water. The first dayafter I had received no food at all, I found myself towardsevening, empty and sick at the stomach, and nearer night muchinclined to yawning and sleep. I lay down on the couch in thegreat cabin to sleep, and slept about three hours, and awaked alittle refreshed, having taken a glass of wine when I lay down;after being about three hours awake, it being about five o'clock inthe morning, I found myself empty, and my stomach sickish, and laydown again, but could not sleep at all, being very faint and ill;and thus I continued all the second day with a strange variety -first hungry, then sick again, with retchings to vomit. The secondnight, being obliged to go to bed again without any food more thana draught of fresh water, and being asleep, I dreamed I was atBarbadoes, and that the market was mightily stocked withprovision