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in it, for it had much of broken English and German-English 
verses, to wit : 
" My dearest wife, in all my life 
" Ich neber was so frighten'd ; 
'* De spirit come and I did rmi — 
" 'TwEis juste like tmider mit lightening." 
As late as the year 1792, the ship-carpenters formed a par- 
ty to dig for pirates' money on the Cohocksinc creek, north- 
west of the causeway, under a large tree. They got frightened 
off And it came out afterward, that a waggish neighbor had 
enacted diabolus to their discomfiture." 
OUTRAGE OF THE MALAYS. 
The ship Friendship, Captain Endicott, of Salem, was at- 
tacked and captured by the Malays, on the 7th of February, 
1831, while lying at Q,uala Batoo, in the island of Sumatra. 
The particulars, as taken from the ship's log-book after the 
accident, are as follows : 
"Monday, February 7th, 1831. At eight A. M. the cap- 
tain, second officer, and four men, went on shore to weigh 
pepper ; at half-past three P. M. succeeded in procuring one 
boat load ; saw her leave the bank of the river opposite the 
scale-house with the usual compliment of men in her, that is 
to say, one steersman and six oarsmen; the natives still 
bringing pepper to the scales, with the promise of giving us 
another boat-load to-day. The first boat was observed to 
make considerable delay in getting out of the river, and we 
supposed her crew might be stealing pepper from her and 
secreting it among some neighboring high grass ; two of the 
ship's men were accordingly sent down to watch them, and 
upon their approaching the boat, five or six Malays were seen 
to jump up from the grass and hurry on board her : the ship's 
people supposed them to be the boat's crew, as they had seen 
about the same number quit her previous to their being ob- 
served by the Malays. At this time there was a brig stand- 
ing into Soosoo. While waiting for the natives to complete 
our other boat-load of pepper. Captain Endicott went to the 
beach to ascertain if the brig approaching had hoisted any 
colors. 
" He then saw that the pepper boat, which was at this time 
