Inow saw myself deprived of all chance of returning to my native country, or even the least glimpse of hope of gaining the shore, which i now considered as friendly; and i even wished for my former slavery in preference to my present situation, which was filled with horrors of every kind, still heightened by my of what i was to undergo. i was not long suffered to indulge my grief; i was soon put down under the decks, and there i received such a salutation in my nostrils as i had never experienced in my life: so that, with the loathsomeness of the stench, and crying together, i became so sick and low that i was not able to eat, nor had i the least desire to taste any thing. i now wished for the last friend, to relieve me; but soon, to my grief, two of the white men offered me eatables; and, on my refusing to eat, one of them held me fast by the hands, and laid me across i think the windlass, and tied my feet, while the other flogged me severely.
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