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and its edge struck dough's left arm in the thick 

 muscle above the elbow and cut through to the 

 bone. 



Clough now hurried to the cabin windows and 

 called for help, telling the mate that only one 

 of the savages was yet alive, and explaining the 

 nature of the wound that the cutting spade had 

 inflicted. To this appeal, however, the mate re- 

 plied that as only one shot had been heard he 

 could not believe that more than one savage was 

 dead, and he thought it best not to venture on 

 board as yet. Thereupon Clough tried to staunch 

 the flow of blood from his wounds by applying 

 such clothes as he could find, but was able to 

 accomplish little because his left arm was entirely 

 disabled and his right hand was so badly cut that 

 he could grasp nothing with it. So he lay down 

 on the cabin floor and waited the issue of events. 



At the end of half an hour, having heard no 

 sound from the ship, the mate pulled up under 

 the stern and with his crew climbed in through 

 the windows. On striking a light they saw the 

 savage whom Clough had killed, lying at the foot 

 of the steps, while the other was on the transom, 



