NARRATIVE OF MR. CARRON. S25 



I made the natives a few presents^ and gave them a 

 note to Captain Dobson^ which I made tliem easily 

 understand I wanted them to take to that g-entleman. 

 I was in hopes they would then have g'one^ but I 

 soon found they had other intentions. A great 

 many natives were coming* from all quarters well 

 armed with spears. I had given a shirt to the one 

 who had broug'ht the note, and put it on him ; but 

 I saw him throw down the note and pull off the 

 shirt, and picking* up his spear he joined the rest, 

 who were preparing- to attack us. We were ex- 

 pecting- every moment to be attacked and miu-dered 

 by these savag-es, our newly awakened liope alread}'^ 

 beg-inning- to fail, Avhen we saw Captain Dobson and 

 Dr. Yallack, accompanied by Jackey and a man 

 named Barrett, (who had been wounded a few days 

 before in the arm b}^ a barbed spear,) approaching- 

 towards us, across the craek. I and my companion, 

 who was preserved with me, must ever be g-rateful 

 for the prompt courag-e with Avhich these persons, 

 at the risk of their own lives, came to our assistance, 

 throug'h the scrub and mang-roves, a distance of 

 about three miles, surrounded as they were all the 

 way by a larg*e number of armed natives. 



I was reduced almost to a skeleton. The elbow 

 bone of my rig-ht arm was througii the skin, as also 

 the bone of my rig-ht hip. My leg-s also were 

 swollen to an enormous size. Goddard walked to 

 the boat, but I could not do so without the assistance 

 of Captain Dobson and Dr. Vallack, and I had to 



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