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the cannibals had left in the boat, to a nine 

 pound lead, which had also escaped their no- 

 tice; these they bent to the lead-line, and let 

 it go, in hopes it would ride her till the next 



morning. 



" They then committed the body-of the mur- 

 dered seaman to the deep, and returned thanks 

 to the Almighty for delivering them from those 

 inhuman monsters. 



" The pain the two wounded gentlemen felt, 

 and the anxiety of them all, deprived them of 

 rest all that night. When day-light appeared, 

 they found they had drifted nearly out of sight 

 of the island, and to the leeward of the sand 

 bank. 



*' It was impossible to reach the bank ; they 

 therefore consulted respecting what was best to 

 be done in their perilous situation. 



" They examined what was left in the boat, 

 and found some knives and scissars in the stern 

 locker, but to their great sorrow the compass 

 was gone, and all their provisions and water. 

 There was also Mr. Haskett's great coat left in 

 the boat, but nothing else. 



" Left now totally to Mr. Shaw, as to what 

 were the best steps to take, as the other two 

 were neither navigators nor seamen, he inform- 

 ed them, that the wind was then fair to run di- 

 rect for Timor, which lay nearly West of them, 

 and he supposed they should reach that island in 

 about ten days. He could not think the ship 

 or boats would ever find them, and the longer 

 they delayed bearing away, the less able they 



