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water. As he became too weak to perform the duties of 

 the ship, he was secured by his hands to the handle of the 

 grindstone, and compelled by blows to turn and turn the 

 stone, whether in use or not. And he has not been allowed 

 to go below to sleep now for months. When the poor wretch 

 told the captain that he was a dying man, the heartless re- 

 ply was, " Why don't you hurry up, and get us rid of you ?" 

 Such is a small part of the sickening details of the treatment 

 of this poor creature, who, if our religion be true, was a tem- 

 ple of the living God. Angels of mercy could alone have 

 traced the semblance in the wreck I saw. 



The mates and men seemed to live in constant fear of the 

 captain, and a dark brooding spirit pervaded the very .at- 

 mosphere of her decks. As soon as our captain had accom- 

 plished the purpose of his visit, he squared yards and ran 

 away from the vicinity, and expressed regret that he had 

 exchanged courtesies with the wretched being. 



Our boat brought with us from the E , as a passenger, 



an Englishman, who gave the name of Norville. His story 

 is that he came out in the Alliance, of Newburyport, about 

 seven years ago, and while cruising near the Navigator 

 Islands, a boat was sent with him on shore. The natives 

 attacked it, and, after a hard fight, he was captured. As 

 time passed, he rose to be of some consequence among them. 



An length an opportunity of escape offered in the E . 



He agreed with Captain W to furnish two and a half 



tons of hogs, a boat-load of taro, and a boat-load of yams, in 

 payment for his passage to some port frequented by English 

 vessels. The captain was to give him forty dollars in money. 

 After getting to sea, very curiously, a point of religion cre- 

 ated a difference between them, which naturally, with such 



a tyrant as Captain W , soon ended in an open rupture. 



When Captain B heard his story, he offered to give him 



the passage, and he induced Captain W to stand to. his 



