444 Ireland's account of 



Oliliet, a trading proa arrived from Amboyna, in 

 which they received permission to depart, promising 

 to return soon in an English ship, with arms and 

 ammunition to assist the chiefs in defeating their 

 enemies. In this proa, after a passage of five days, 

 they arrived at Amboyna, on theyth of October, 1835. 

 Of the melancholy fate of those v^ho remained 

 on the wreck, the boy Ireland gave the following 

 account, which was published at Sydney by Captain 

 P. P. King, R.N. Ireland and the younger 

 D'Oyly, were rescued from the savages by Captain 

 C. M. Lewis, of the Colonial schooner, Isabella, 

 who was sent to look for them in consequence of 

 Captain Carr of the ship Mangles^' having reported 

 that he had seen two white persons among the 

 natives of Murray's Island, but had been unable 

 to induce the natives to give them up. 



" The Charles Eaton left Sydney on the "29th of July, 

 1834, bound to Canton, by way of Torres Strait; and 

 experienced a series of fine weather and favourable winds 

 untill she approached the Barrier Reef, when the weather 

 became thick and rainy. 



" The master was provided with Captain Ashmore's 



* I afterwards met Captain Carr iu the Mangles ; he ex- 

 pressed great regret that so much blame should have been 

 attached to him for not bringing away the children. His 

 account differed very much from young Ireland's, and it is 

 but justice to him to state that it was owing to his report that 

 the vessels were sent in search of Ireland and young D'Oyly.— 

 J. L. S. 



