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oldest, and who has been injured in the back apparently by a shot 
some time back, knocked over eight natives before he was taken 
prisoner, some bows and arrows were taken with these men ; they 
are nearly the same as the others, and all about the same height. 
Their teeth appear to be all worn down flat, not sharp as in other 
people’s. On their being taken to the Barracks, their friends came 
to meet them, but they are not of the same party apparently, and 
they did not show any sign of pleasure at seeing them. Signs were 
made to take them to the wash-house, and here they were scrubbed, 
excepting the injured man, who was carefully placed on a cot until 
the arrival of medical aid, when he was fomented on the back, and 
had some medicine, and he slept for some time, and could then eat 
a good supper. At night these three were taken to another part of 
the barracks, when they all became frightened, and clung to the men 
in charge, and begged them not to let them go ; and, to make them 
quite easy, they were shown where they were going, and they went 
to bed quite contentedly. They dance and sing every evening, but 
they require to be constantly watched, as they want every thing 
they see. One of the men passed during the day with some fresh 
pork, and they caught hold of him, and insisted on having some, 
calling out Rhogo ! Rhogo ! (pig, pig.) The instant food is given to 
them they eat, and if you tell them that they do not want it, they 
draw in their stomachs, as though they wished you to understand 
they were empty. The men taken to-day are very much thinner 
than the others, and their heads are all shaved ; one has the great 
toe of his right foot off, and he says it was taken off by a large 
clam. He is named Toeless Blair, height* : another 
has a long scar extending from above the knee down to the ankle, 
and is named Tuesday Blair, height the other is 
named Jumbo Blair height Crusoe was most anxi- 
ous to have them dressed, and without being told they took off all 
the wild ornaments, and threw them down. One man had a large 
quantity of rubbish about his neck ; also a convict’s ticket, and even 
a Brahmin’s thread, and two old rusty nails. 
16 th . — This morning they were in sad tribulation because they 
had no fish, and the beef and vegetables given by the Steward did 
not satisfy them, but before eleven some came up, and they were 
* [These blanks are in the original. — Kds.] 
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