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Hudsoirs coming out of bis cabin, tbey seized and 

 bound bis arms bebind bim ; and on bis asking 

 tbem wbat tbey meant, tbey told bim be sbould 

 know wben be was in tbe boat. 



Tbe boat was accordingly bauled along side, 

 " and tbe poore sicke and lame men were called 

 upon to get tbem out of tbeir cabbins into tbe 

 sballop." Immediately tbe Captain, bis son, and 

 seven otbers were driven into tbe boat; and a 

 fowling piece, some powder and sbot, a few pikes, 

 an iron pot, a little meal, and some otber articles, 

 tbrown in at tbe same time. Tbe mutineers tben 

 cut tbe tow rope and let ber go adrift among tbe 

 ice, wbere sbe was left witb tbese unfortunate 

 men, in a situation wbicb cannot be contemplated 

 wntbout borror, and a feeling of deep indignation 

 at tbe brutal perpetrators of tbis most atrocious 

 act; and most of all, at tbe base ingratitude of tbe 

 wretcb wbo bad been fed, clotbed, and rescued 

 from ruin by Hudson. 



As soon as tbe boat was out of sigbt. Pricket 

 says Greene came to bim and told bim tbat it was 

 tbe will of tbe sbip's company tbat be (Pricket) 

 sbould go up into tbe master's cabin, and take 

 cbarge of it, wbicb, after some reluctance, be tells 

 us be did. Tbe first dispute among tbe people w^as, 

 wbicb way tbey sbould steer, one being for stand- 

 ins; to tbe nortb-west, and anotber to tbe nortb- 

 east; bowever tbev w^ere soon beset in tbe ice, 

 wbere tbey remained sbut up for fourteen days; 

 and wben at lengtb tbey escaped from tbe ice, 



