450 Ireland's account of 



the other savages were dancing round a large fire, before 

 which were placed in a row the heads of their victims ; 

 whilst their decapitated bodies were washing in the surf on 

 the beach, from which they soon disappeared, having been 

 probably washed away by the tide. Sexton and I were 

 then placed in charge of two natives, who covered us with 

 the sail of the canoe, a sort of mat, but paid no attention 

 to my wound, which had been bleeding profusely." 



" The next day the Indians collected all the heads ; and, 

 embarking, removed to another island where the women 

 lived, which they called Pullan. On landing there, Ire- 

 land saw two of Captain D'Oyly's children, and the ship's 

 dog, called Portland ; the elder (George) D'Oyly, told him 

 that the first raft had landed on the island, and that all the 

 passengers, excepting himself and his brother, had been 

 instantly murdered ; that his mother was killed by a blow 

 with a club, and that his little brother was in her arms at 

 the time, but was saved by one of the women, who after- 

 wards took care of him. The child was seen by Ireland, 

 when they landed, in the woman's arms, crying very much. 

 He also saw some pieces of the ship's cabin doors, attached 

 as ornaments to the heads of their canoes, which they 

 appeared to prize very much, and other relics, among which 

 were the heads of the passengers and crew, of the first raft; 

 those of Mrs. D'Oyly and Captain Moore being plainly 

 distinguishable ; the former by the hair, the latter by the 

 features. The heads were suspended by a rope to a pole 

 that was stuck up near the huts of the women ; round which 

 they danced every night and morning, accompanying their 

 infuriated gestures with the most horrid yells. 



" The number of Indians collected amounted to about 

 sixty ; they were merely residing on the island during the 

 fishing season ; for their home, as it afterwards turned out ; 



