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and the captain being knocked 

 down, two other Swedes, who are 

 also since dead, assisted by Palm, 

 hove the bodies overboard. The 

 mate called out " boat, boat, " 

 after he was in the water, but they 

 heard nothing more of the captain 

 or him afterwards. After this, all 

 hands went below deck, and Palm 

 produced a Bible, upon-which they 

 took a solemn oath never to divulge 

 what had passed ; the boy who 

 was left at the helm was after- 

 wards sworn also. Some time pre- 

 vious to this, the captain had 

 brought two black men on board, 

 and after the bodies of the captain 

 and mate were hove overboard, 

 the two Swedes procured, each of 

 them, a pistol and a glass of rum ; 

 the rum they gave to the blacks, 

 and whilst the poor fellows were in 

 the act of drinking, each of them 

 received the contents of a pistol in 

 his body. One of them was shot 

 dead on the spot ; the other was 

 only wounded ; but with the as- 

 sistance of Palm, both were in- 

 stantly thrown overboard. The 

 wounded man swam after the ship, 

 and caught hold of the rudder, 

 upon which Palm took up a spade, 

 and swore if he did not let the rud- 

 der go, he would cut his hands off; 

 upon which the unfortunate wretch 

 let go his hold, and was seen no 

 more. After this they plundered the 

 Captain's property. Palm then took 

 the conduct of the vessel ; but af- 

 ter some consultation, it was deter- 

 mined to scuttle her, and take to 

 the boats ; two boats were accor- 

 dingly prepared, and provisions put 

 on board ; the crew, consisting of 

 eleven persons, then got into them, 

 and ihey steered for the coast of 

 Africa ; tiiey were three days and 

 three nights before they made land, 

 and then one of the boats was 



swamped, and a boy was drowned in 

 getting on shore. They walked 

 along the beach till night, when 

 they lay down on the sands to 

 sleep, and the following morning 

 proceeded further into the country ; 

 and perceiving some smoke to rise 

 from the midst of a cluster of trees, 

 at a distance, they made towards 

 them, when the blacks rushed out 

 upon them, overpowered and stript 

 them, and then marched them 

 some distance into the country, 

 where they were kept for some 

 weeks, when they were sent to Port 

 Lopez, a Portuguese settlement, 

 from whence Mades, Palm, and 

 the deponent got to Liverpool. 



Soon after the Adventurer left 

 England, the crew were put on 

 short allowance, and so continued ; 

 they were discontented at this ge- 

 nerally, and said they might as 

 well be killed at once as starved to 

 death. On the morning in which 

 the captain and mate were mur- 

 dered, Palm, whilst he was strik- 

 ing a light, said he would kill the 

 captain ; the Swedes agreed to 

 do so, and said any one who 

 did not should share the same 

 fate. The deponent assisted in 

 throwing overboard the two blacks, 

 but did not touch the captain or 

 mate. 



5. The attachment of the New- 

 foundland breed of dogs to the 

 Iiuman race, in danger of drown- 

 ing, was strikingly displayed last 

 week in Haraoaze harbour. Ele- 

 ven sailors, a woman, and a water- 

 man bad just reached the Fantome 

 sloop of war in a shore-boat, when, 

 in consequence of one of the sailors 

 stooping hastily over the side of the 

 boat to reach his hat, which had 

 fallen into the sea, it upset, and all 

 in it were plunged into the water, 

 A Newfoundland dog on the 



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