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His foot happening to flip, as he was endeavouring 

 to avoid a fire-brand darted at him, delivered him 

 once more into the hands of his murderers, who, as 

 you may well imagine, made him pay dear for the 

 terror he had put them into. After being tired with 

 tormenting him, they threw him into the middle 

 of a great coal fire, where they left him, fully per- 

 fuaded he would never be able to rife from it. But 

 they were deceived, for when they leaft thought of 

 it, they beheld him armed with fire-brands running 

 towards the village, as if he was going to fet it on 

 fire. All hearts were frozen with fear, and no one 

 dared to face him, when juft as he had almoft reach- 

 ed the firft cabbin, a ftick thrown at him, and fal- 

 ling between his legs, brought him to the ground, 

 and they laid hold of him before he could recover 

 himfelf. Here they firft cut off his hands and feet, 

 and rolled him upon burning embers, and then 

 threw him below the burning trunk of a tree, the 

 whole village gathering round him to enjoy the fpec- 

 tacle. 



He loft fuch a quantity of blood as almoft ex- 

 tinguished the fire, fo that they had now no manner 

 of apprehenfion remaining of any future attempt. 

 He made however another, which ft ruck terror into 

 the moft undaunted. He crept upon his knees and 

 elbows with fo much vigour, and with fuch a threate- 

 ning afpecl, as made thofe who were neareft him re- 

 tire to a diftance, more indeed out of aftonifhment 

 than fear, for what could he have done mutilated 

 and difmembered as he was ? In this dreadful con-? 

 dition the miffionaries, who had never loft fight of 

 him, endeavoured to put him in mind of thofe eter- 

 nal truths with which he had been at firft fo much 

 penetrated ; he liftened with attention, and feemed 

 for fome time entirely taken up with the thoughts 



