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on him for two days. There was very httle flesh 

 on his bones^ but our dried meat was so bad^ that 

 we very much enjoyed the remains of our old com- 

 panion^ and drank the water in which we boiled 

 him. 



Dec. 24:th. — The natives took a tin case from 

 Wall whilst he was talking* to them^ he not being- 

 able to resist them. My leg's had swelled very 

 much, and I was able to walk but a very short dis- 

 tance. 



Dec. 2Qth. — The natives broug'ht us a few pieces 

 of fish and turtle, but both were almost rotten • they 

 also g'ave us a blue-tong-ued lizard, which I opened 

 and took out eleven young- ones, which we roasted 

 and ate. There was nothing" but scales on the old 

 one, except in its tail. 



We always equally divided Avhatever we g'otfrom 

 the natives, be it what it mig*ht ; but they broug-ht 

 us very httle that was eatable. I could easily per- 

 ceive that their pretended g'ood feeling* towards us 

 was assumed for the sake of fulfilling* their own 

 designs upon us. Althoug'h they tried to make us 

 believe they were doing all in their power to benefit 

 us, their object was to obtain an opportunity of 

 coming* upon us by surprise and destroying- us. 

 They had at many times seen the fatal effects of 

 om* fire-arms, and I believe that it was only the 

 dread of these, that prevented them from falling* 

 upon us at once, and murdering* us. They were a 

 much finer race of men than the natives we had 



