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duties to the ship: in a word, I advised them strenuously 
to forego the project. I then told them that I should 
freely give my permission to such as were desirous of 
making the attempt, hut that I should require them to 
place themselves under the command of officers selected 
by them before setting out, and to renounce in writing 
all claims upon myself and the rest who were resolved 
to stay by the vessel. Having done this, I directed the 
roll to be called, and each man to answer for himself.” 
In the result, eight out of the seventeen survivors of 
my party resolved to stand by the brig. It is just that 
I should record their names. They were Henry Brooks, 
James McGary, J. W. Wilson, Henry Goodfellow, Wil¬ 
liam Morton, Christian Olilsen, Thomas Hickey, Hans 
Cristian. 
I divided to the others their portion of our resources 
justly and even liberally; and they left us on Monday, 
the 28th, with every appliance our narrow circum¬ 
stances could furnish to speed and guard them. One 
of them, George Biley, returned a few days afterward; 
but weary months went by before we saw the rest 
again. They carried with them a written assurance of 
a brother’s welcome should they be driven back; and 
this assurance was redeemed when hard trials had pre¬ 
pared them to share again our fortunes. 
