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sister to the late two men) gave herself so severe 

 a blow upon the cheek-bone, that she bruised and 

 cut the tiesh shockingly, and almost beat an eye 

 out. In short, the violent, frantic expressions of 

 grief were such, as far exceeded my imagination; 

 and I could not help participating with them so 

 far, as to shed tears most plentifully. T\\ey no 

 sooner observed my emotion, than, mistaking it 

 for the apprehensions which I w^as under for fear 

 of their resentment, the}^ instantly seemed to for- 

 get their own feelings, to relieve those of mine. 

 They pressed round me, clasped my hands, and 

 said and did all in their powder to convince me, 

 that they did not entertain any suspicion of my 

 conduct towards their departed friends. As soon 

 as the first violent transports of grief began to 

 subside, I related the melancholy tale, and ex- 

 plained to them, as well as I could, the disorder 

 by which they w^ere carried off; and pointed to 

 Caubvick, who bore very strong, as w^ell as recent, 

 marks of it. They often looked very attentively 

 at her, but, during the whole time, they never 

 spoke one word to her, nor she to them. As soon 

 as I had brought the afflicting story to a conclu- 

 sion, they assured me of their belief of every par- 

 ticular, and renewed their declarations of friend- 

 ship. Their stay afterwards was but short; they 

 presently reimbarked, weighed their anchors, and 

 ran across the harbour to Raft Tickle, where they 

 landed and encamped: the rest of the afternoon 

 and the whole of the night was s]>ent in horrid 

 yellings, which were considerably augmented by 



