500 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1810. 



be a partaker. Hans left him, 

 and sat down to read a Portuguese 

 book; the savages got it from a 

 prize taken by the French, and 

 had given it him ; but unable to 

 drive away the thoughts of this 

 Margaia, and not perhaps quite 

 satisfied with himself for what he 

 had said to him, he returned, and 

 said, Do not think, friend, that I 

 am come hither to devour you, 

 for I also am a prisoner, and my 

 masters have brought me here ; 

 and he endeavoured to give him 

 the best comfort, by saying, that 

 though his body would be eaten, 

 his soul would enter into a better 

 world, and there be happy. The 

 savage inquired if this was true, 

 and remarked that he had never 

 seen God. That, said Hans, you 

 will do in another life. A storm 

 arose in the night. The savages 

 cried out, it was that wicked con- 

 juror's doing to save the prisoner, 

 because the Margaias and the Por- 

 tuguese were friends : we saw 

 liim yesterday, said they, turning 

 over the skins of thunder (by 

 which they meant the leaves of 

 the book). Luckily for him, it 

 cleared in the morning, and the 

 feast was performed without in- 

 terruption. 



As Hans and his master were 

 returning by water, the wind was 

 violently against them, and the 

 rain incessant, and they called 

 upon him to give them fair wea- 

 ther. There was a boy in the 

 canoe who had carried off a bone 

 from the feast, and was now pick- 

 ing it. He bade him throw it 

 away ; but at this they all cried 

 out that it was a dainty. The 

 weather continued wet and stormy, 

 so that having been three days on 

 their way, though it was only a 



day's distance, they were obliged 

 at last to haul their canoes ashore, 

 and go the remainder of the way 

 by land. Every one took what 

 food he had before they began 

 their march, and the boy finished 

 his bone, and having well polish- 

 ed it, cast it from him. The 

 clouds dispersedas theyproceeded, 

 and Hans then asked them, if he 

 had not spoken truly when he af- 

 firmed that God was angry with 

 that boy for eating human flesh ? 

 But, they replied, there would 

 have been no evil consequences if 

 he had not seen him eating it. 

 They looked upon him as the imme- 

 diate cause, and looked no further. 

 When he had remained five 

 months in this miserable captivity, 

 another vessel came from St. Vin- 

 cente, for the Portuguese and Tu- 

 pinambas used to carry on trade 

 and hostilities with each other at 

 the same time. They wanted 

 mandioc flour for the numerous 

 slaves who were employed in their 

 sugar-works. When a ship was sent 

 to procure this, a gun was fired on 

 her arrival ; two savages then put 

 off towards her in a canoe, held 

 up what they had to sell, and set- 

 tled the price in knives, reaping- 

 hooks, or whatever else was on 

 board for barter. Other canoes 

 kept at a distance till the ex- 

 change was fairly completed. As 

 soon as that was done, and the two 

 brokers had returned, then they 

 began to fight ; a barbarous, but 

 convenient arrangement. When 

 the two traders went off, the Por- 

 tuguese inquired if Hans was yet 

 alive, and said that his brother 

 was on board, and had brought 

 some goods for him. When Hans 

 heard this, he besought them to 

 let him speak to his brother, say- 



