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cut all the flesh from the bones; after which we 

 opened the body, took out the heart, and then 

 closed it up again, sewed it up as decently as we 

 could, and committed it to the sea. We now 

 first commenced to satisfy the immediate cravings 

 of nature from the heart; after which we hung 

 up the remainder, cut in thin strips, about the 

 boat to dry in the sun ; we made a fire and roasted 

 some of it to serve us during the next day." 



They lived on the flesh of the dead man until 

 the morning of the i8th, when at 7 o'clock one of 

 the men shouted, "Sail ho !" It was no delusion; 

 the brig Indian, of London, was at hand. She 

 picked them up and carried them to Valparaiso. 

 They had reached latitude 33 45' and longitude 

 81 3'. The Indian arrived at Valparaiso on 

 February 25. 



The captain's boat and that of the second 

 mate were together until January 28. Their pro- 

 visions were exhausted and three men died of 

 starvation. The flesh of these men was divided 

 between the two boats and eaten. On February I 

 the men in the captain's boat, being once more 

 without food, drew lots to see who should die 



