[Illustration: Woodcut of a shipwreck] A brief and remarkable NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE And extreme =Sufferings= of _BARNABAS DOWNS, Jun._ Who was among the Number of thoſe who eſcaped Death on board the Privateer Brig =Arnold=, =James Magee=, Commander, which was caſt away near =Plymouth-Harbour=, in a moſt terrible Snow-Storm, December 26, 1778, when more than Sixty Perſons were frozen to Death.——Containing alſo A particular =Account= of ſaid Shipwreck. Printed by =E. Russell=, for the =Author=, 1786 =Printing-Office Liberty-square=, Sept. 22, 1786. In the Preſs, and in a few Days will be publiſhed and ready for Sale, by =E. Russell=, at his Office, near Liberty Pole, by the Thouſand, Hundred, Groce or leſſer Quantity, at the moſt reaſonable Rate:—Alſo may be had of Mr. =Benjamin Guild=, at the Boſton Book-Store, near the State-Houſe in Cornhill; Col. =Ebenezer Battelle=, Bookſeller, at the London Book-Store, in Marlboro’-Street; Mr. =William Green=, Bookſeller, at Shakeſpear’s-Head, in Newbury-Street; Capt. =William Green=, at his Grocery and Weſt-India Store near the Bridge, in _Boſton_; Mr. =Lemuel Cox=, and Mr. =Trumbull=, Innholder, near the Bridge, and Mr. =Edward Hayes=, in _Charleſton_; Mr. =Edward Killins=, at his Store, near the Market, in _Salem_; Mr. =Bulkly Emerson=, at the Poſt-Office, in _Newbury-Port_; Mr. =Alford Butler=, Bookſeller, in _Portſmouth, New-Hampſhire_, and by many other Printers, Bookſellers, Shopkeepers and Travelling-Traders in Town and Country. BICKERSTAFF’s GENUINE AND CORRECT BOSTON ALMANACK, For the Year of our =Redemption=, 1787. Which will contain a great Variety of uſeful and entertaining =Matter=, in =Prose= and =Verse=. This =Work= will be likewiſe ornamented with a large Number of engraved Plates, ſome of which repreſent the twelve Signs of the Zodiack in Miniature, and the ſeveral Employments and Diverſions of the =Gentlemen Farmers=, throughout the different Seaſons of the Year:—Alſo a curious Repreſentation of a =County Convention=, debating on State-Affairs; at the Head of the Table is a Figure of _HONESTUS_, that renowned Champion and bold Atteſtor of the =Liberty= of the Subject, and ſworn Enemy to =Lawyers=, who is converſing with one of the Order; over his Head is a Label with theſe Words “_No_ =Courts=, _no_ LAWYERS:” Another Plate repreſents a very curious and droll Scene of a large Group of the =Black Order=, or the =Sons= of =Littleton= and =Coke=, mounted on Jack-Aſſes, Peacocks, &c. returning from a rich Feaſt at =Concord Court=, &c. PREFACE. _To the READER, into whoſe Hands this_ =Narrative= _may fall; eſpecially my Seafaring_ =Brethren=. _FRIENDS_,