348 The Story of the New England Whalers 



"Where every prospect pleases 

 And only man is vile." 



On hearing those words sung at the bethel 

 chapels of civilized ports, many sailors of sinful 

 habits especially such as found slave ships 

 attractive made haste to ship on whalers in 

 order that they might thus reach those wondrously 

 beautiful and wicked islands. The six men who 

 deserted from the Globe were of this character. 



Having had none too many men before these de- 

 serted, Captain Worth picked up on the island six 

 to take their place, of whom four were white men, 

 one was a negro, and one a native of the islands, 

 as follows : Silas Payne (formerly of Sag Harbor, 

 Long Island), John Oliver, Anthony Hanson, 

 Thomas Liliston, and William Humphries (negro, 

 from Philadelphia), besides the native. These 

 men were known to be of the class called beach- 

 combers. They were lazy vagabonds who had 

 deserted from other ships to live the life of the 

 savage natives, and had become weary of it so 

 far that they were willing to ship for a time in 

 order to secure some of the products of civiliza- 

 tion not readily to be obtained in the islands. 



