And the said _Nicholas Mellin_ for himself saith, That the several Allegations, Matters and Things contained in the aforegoing Deposition of _Christopher Langman_, are just and true in every Particular thereof. And this Deponent saith, That at the Time they were chased by the said Privateers he was present, and did hear Mr. _Charles Whitworth_ (then on board the said Ship, and adjudged Part Owner thereof) say, _That he would rather the said Ship should be lost than obtain her design'd Port in Safety, having made 200 l. Insurance_. And this Deponent saith, _That the said_ John Dean _at the same time declared, That his Brother_ Jasper Dean _had made 300 l. Insurance_; and immediately after said, _If he thought he could secure the Insurance, he would run the Ship on Shore_; and upon the same order'd this Deponent to hoist the Boat over the Side of the Ship, which done, the said _John Dean_ put therein all his valuable Effects, with a Design to run the said Ship on Shore, but was prevented by the Deponent _Christopher Langman_, by whose Assistance the said Ship arrived at her Port of _Killybags_, and having reloaded departed for _Boston_ in _New England_, upon which Coast making the Land, the Deponent being on the Watch, call'd up the said _John Dean_, and told him there was Land just to the Leeward of them, and the Deponent _Christopher Langman_ being call'd up also, desired the said Ship might be put off from the Shore, which the said _John Dean_ refus'd _if she went to the Bottom_; and for the said _Langman's_ Advice threatned to fetch up a Pistol and shoot him, and did go down, and came up behind him and knock'd him down with a Loggerhead, by means whereof he lay dead for several Minutes, and the same Night the said Ship _Nottingham_ run ashore upon a desolate Rock, and was stav'd in Pieces; And this Deponent saith, _That if the Ship had missed that Misfortune, she would have run ashore on the Main Land_, which he believes was the Master's Design: And on the said Rock we should have been lost our selves, had not the Mate _Langman_, who was then bleeding and cutting down the Mast (under God) sav'd our Lives; in which Island the Cook was frozen to Death, and the Carpenter dying next having been reduced to Hunger, the Master skinned him and cut him up, and they eat him, when Two of the Ship's Company went on Shore on a Raft; one of which was never heard of, the other was found dead in the Woods, by which means the Country understanding a Wreck, came off with a Shallop, whereby they had a Fire after the 22d Day, with which they broiled the rest of the Man, until the 24th Day after their being arrived on the Island before they were relieved. _Nicholas Mellen._