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CHAPTER XIII. 



MAKE A Newspaper The Islands Their Inhabitants A l&ty 

 man's Paradise Plans for Escape George Thompson's Yarn 

 A Cruise in a Whale-boat The Escape Sailing along 

 Shore The Arrival at Mozambique Concerning Attempts to 

 Desert from Whaleships Some Reasons for the Frequency 

 of such Attempts. 



WE cruised for about a week after the accident 

 described in the preceding chapter, in hopes to see 

 the school of whales again, and make prizes of 

 some of them. Not meeting with whales however, 

 at the end of that time, we stood in for the land, 

 which was never during the week more than one 

 day's sail oif, and in twenty hours were anchored 

 in the harbor of Port Victoria, or Mahe*, as it is 

 more generally called, that being the name of the 

 Island upon which the town is located. 



We came to anchor at night, and at early dawn 

 were boarded by the harbor master, (whose prin- 

 cipal business seemed to be to receive and dispense 

 news) and shortly after by a host of natives, 

 who brought alongside all manner of fruits and 

 vegetables, and wonder of wonders some copies 

 of a newspaper, published on the Island. 



' The Seychelle News Lettr-" so it was called, wai 



