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been regarded as demi-gods, and treated in consequence 
with universal kindness, civility, and veneration ; but 
here, alas, what a contrast! we are classed with the 
most degraded and despicable of mankind, and are 
become slaves in a land of ignorance and barbarism, 
A TROPICAL POOL. 
whose savage natives have treated us with brutality and 
contempt.” 
It was Boy who finally achieved the rescue of the 
Landers, for he consented to pay to Obie the ransom he 
demanded for them and their people. Boy himself was 
very moderate, asking for nothing in return for his 
