44 MALAYS. 



out and destroy some Malay praams, that 

 had taken shelter under the high land on 

 the coast of Sumatra. The lieutenant was 

 the first to climb the bows of the pirate ; 

 my poor friend followed him, when the 

 foremost Malay made a thrust with his 

 spear, which passing through the lieute- 

 nant's trousers, entered the chest of this 

 brave youth, and caused him to fall back- 

 wards ; the boatswain, whose name I re- 

 member was Thomas George, a fine athletic 

 fellow, mounting the deck at the moment, 

 with his cutlass severed the fellow's head 

 from his body. The rascals soon ran below ; 

 and on battening down the hatches to se- 

 cure them and mustering the crew, only 

 one was missing, and that was my most 

 esteemed friend. 



It was supposed that from the force ot 

 the spear alone he must have fallen be- 

 tween the praam and the gunwale of his own 

 boat, and, from his body not being found, 

 have met a watery grave. His loss was 



