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corded the “ Laws,” returned, went in¬ 
to the tent with Payne, and putting a 
sword intoascabbard, exclaimed, “this 
shall stand by me as long as 1 live.” 
We ought not to omit to mention that 
during the time he was on board the 
ship, he challenged the persons there, 
to fight him, and as he was leaving, ex¬ 
claimed “I am going to leave you ; Look 
out for yourselves /” 
After obtaining from Payne permis¬ 
sion to carry with him a cutlass, a knife, 
and some hooks and lines, he took his 
departure, and as was afterwards ascer¬ 
tained, immediately joined a gang of 
natives, and endeavoured to excite them 
to slay Payne and his companions ! At 
dusk of this day he passed the tent, ac¬ 
companied by about 50 of the natives s 
in a direction of their village, upwards 
of a league distant. Payne came on 
board, and after expressing apprehen¬ 
sions that Comstock would persuade 
the natives to kill us all, picked out a 
number of the crew to go on shore for 
the night, and stationed sentinels a- 
