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break through the palisade and es- 

 cape to his friends. They let him 

 fight, but \vatched him too nar- 

 rowly for him to efiPect this. The 

 invaders failing to win the place 

 by surprise, and being vigorously 

 resisted, took to their canoes, and 

 retired. Poor Hans had been 

 frustrated in his hope, and met 

 with no thanks for his services. 

 They led him back to his place of 

 confinement as soon as the assault 

 was over ; and, in the evening, 

 brought him out into the area, 

 formed a circle round him, and 

 fixed the time for killing him, in- 

 sulting him as usual with their 

 cannibal expressions of joy. The 

 moon was up, and fixing his eyes 

 upon her, he silently besought 

 God to vouchsafe him a happy 

 termination of these sufferings. 

 Yeppipo Wasu, who was one of 

 the chiefs of the horde, and as 

 such had convoked the meeting, 

 seeing how earnestly he kept gaz- 

 ing upwards, asked him what he 

 was looking at. Hans had ceased 

 from praying, and was observing 

 the man in the moon, and fancy- 

 ing that he looked angry ; his 

 mind was broken down by conti- 

 nual terror, and he says it seemed 

 to him at that moment as if he 

 were hated by God, and by all 

 things which God had created. 

 The question only half roused him 

 from his phantasy, and he an- 

 swered, it was plain that the moon 

 was angry. The savage asked 

 who she was angry with, and 

 then Hans, as if he had recol- 

 lected himself, replied that she 

 was looking at his dwelling. This 

 enraged him, and Hans found it 

 prudent to say, that perhaps her 

 eyes were turned so wraihfully 

 upon the Cairos; in which opi- 



nion the chief assented, and wish- 

 ed she migiit destroy them all. 



News came the next morning, 

 that the Tupiniquins had burnt 

 the settlement of Mambukabe, 

 which had been deserted at their 

 approach. Yeppipo Wasu pre- 

 pared to go with the greater part 

 of his clan and assist the inhabit- 

 ants in rebuilding it. He charged 

 Ipperu Wasu to look well to the 

 prisoner, and said he would bring 

 back potters' clay and mandioc 

 flour for the feast. During his 

 absence a vessel from Bertioga ar- 

 rived, anchored off the coast, and 

 fired a gun. The Tupiniquins 

 had seen Hans in the battle, and 

 given intelligence where he was, 

 and this ship was sent to obtaia 

 his release if it were possible. 

 See, said the captors, thy friends, 

 the Portuguese, are come to look 



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for thee, and offer a ransom. He 

 replied, perhaps his brother was 

 come, who lived with the Portu- 

 guese as he had done ; and this 

 he said to remove their persuasion 

 that he was a Portuguese himself. 

 A party went off to the ship, and 

 answered their inquiries in such 

 a manner that the master returned, 

 concluding he had already been 

 devoured. Hans saw her sail 

 away, while the cannibals rejoiced 

 over him, exclaiming, We have 

 him ! we have him ! he is what 

 we would have him to be! they 

 have sent ships to look after 

 him ! 



And now the party from Mam- 

 bukabe were daily expected to 

 return. Hans heard a howl in 

 Yeppipo Wasu's house. It is the 

 custom of the Brazilian savages, 

 when their friends return after a 

 few days absence, to welcome 

 them with tears and cries; be 



