170 MEMORIAL. 



having a portion of her crew massacred by the natives. The 

 ship Oeno, of Nantucket, was lost on one of these islands, and 

 her officers and crew, consisting of twenty-four in number, were 

 all massacred, in like manner, except one. 



Thus, it must appear to your honourable body, that the losses 

 sustained at this single point to say nothing of the value of 

 human life, which is above all value would not fall far short, if 

 any, of the amount necessary to fit out an expedition for the better 

 examination of such points in the Pacific ocean and South seas, 

 as require the attention of government. 



Wherefore, your memorialists beg leave to unite their prayer 

 with that of the state of Rhode Island, praying that provision 

 may be made by law for a voyage of discovery and survey 

 to the South seas ; and your memorialists, as in duty bound, 

 will ever pray. 



WM. FETTYPLACE, 



President of Salem East India Marine Society. 

 HALL OF THE EAST INDIA MARINE SOCIETY, Nov. 22, 1834. 



[Signed by 54 Members of the East India Marine Society.] 



