A brief and remarkable
NARRATIVE
OF THE
LIFE
And extreme Sufferings of
BARNABAS DOWNS, Jun.
Who was among the Number of thoſe who eſcapedDeath on board the Privateer Brig Arnold, JamesMagee, Commander, which was caſt away nearPlymouth-Harbour, in a moſt terrible Snow-Storm,December 26, 1778, when more than SixtyPerſons were frozen to Death.——Containing alſo
A particular Account of ſaid Shipwreck.
Printed by E. Russell, for the Author, 1786
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GENUINE AND CORRECT
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For the Year of our Redemption, 1787.
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This Work will be likewiſe ornamented with alarge Number of engraved Plates, ſome of which repreſentthe twelve Signs of the Zodiack in Miniature, and theſeveral Employments and Diverſions of the GentlemenFarmers, throughout the different Seaſons of theYear:—Alſo a curious Repreſentation of a CountyConvention, debating on State-Affairs; at the Headof the Table is a Figure of HONESTUS, that renownedChampion and bold Atteſ