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every chest of clothing, most of the ship*s 
tools, &c- &c. The ship by this time 
was considerably unrigged. 
On the following day, Monday 16th 
February, Payne the second in the mu¬ 
tiny, who was on board the ship attend¬ 
ing to the discharge of articles from 
her, sent word to Comstock, who with 
Gilbert Smith and a-number of the crew 
were on shore, attending to the landing 
of the raft; That if he did not act 
differently with regard to the plunder, 
such as making presents to the natives 
of the officers’ line clothing, &.c he 
would do no more, but quit the ship and 
come on shore.” Comstock had been 
very liberal to the natives in this way, 
and his object was, no doubt, to attach 
them as much as possible to his person, 
as it must have been suggested to his 
guilty mind, that however he himself 
might have become a misant hrope, yet 
there were those around him, whose 
souls shuddered at the idea, of bring 
foiever exiled from their country and 
friends, whose hands were yet unstain- 
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