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tidi, especially for the anchor buttons which In- « 

 on Lis waistcoat. In this juncture a young chief com- 

 ing to his aid, drove the assailants away. In their re- 

 treal they carried off a writing desk and cloak, which 

 the chief rescued, and thru seating himself on Lieu- 

 tenant Back's knee, he endeavored to persuade his 

 countrymen to desist by vociferating " teyma teyma" 

 and was, indeed, very active in saving whatever lie 

 could from their depredations. The Lion had hitherto 

 been beset by Bmaller numbers, and her crew, by firm- 

 ly keeping their seats on the cover Bpread over the 

 cargo, and by beating the natives off with the butt- 

 ends of their muskets, had been able to prevent any 

 article of importance from being carried away. But 

 "in as I perceived that the work of plunder was 

 going on so actively in the Reliance, I went with Au- 

 itua to assist in repressing the tumult; and our 

 bold and active little interpreter rushed among the 

 vd on .-hn-c. and harangued them on their treach- 



onduct, until hfl was actually hoarse. In a 



sh at time, however, I was summoned hack by Dun- 

 can, who called out to me that the Esquimaux had 

 now commenced in earnest to plunder the Lion, and, 

 on my return. I found tl. it lined with 



mon as thick as they could stand, brandishing their 

 knives in the nin.it furious manner, and attempting to 

 seize everything that was movable ; whilst another 



