Questions (9-12): Read the following passage and answer the questions given below : Our voyage was very prosperous, but I shall not trouble the reader with a journal of it. 18 b The captain called in at one or two ports and sent in his long-boat for provisions and 19 a fresh water, but I never went out of the ship still we came into he Downs, which was on 4 c the 3rd day of June, 1706, about nine months after my escape. I offered to leave my 5 b goods in security for payment of my freight, but the captain protested he would not receive one farthing. We took kind leave of each other, and I made him promise that he 6 c would come to see me at my house in Redriff. I hired a house and a guide for five 7 a shillings which I borrowed from the captain.
1. When the writer uses the word ‘prosperous‘ to describe the voyage, he means that__[Asst. Excutive Officer 2019 [MCQ] : 2019]