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liis cutlass, was buried with him, except, 
his watch; and the ceremonies consist¬ 
ed in reading a chapter from the hihle 
over him, and firing a musket ! 
Only twenty-two days had elapsed af¬ 
ter the perpetration of the massacre on 
board the ship, when with all his sins 
upon his head, he was hurried into eter¬ 
nity ! 
No duty was done during the remain¬ 
der of the day, except the selection by 
Payne, of six men, to go on hoard the 
ship and take charge of her, under the 
command of Smith ; who had communi¬ 
cated his intentions to a number of run¬ 
ning away with the ship. We think we 
cannot do better than to give an ac¬ 
count of their escape in the words of 
Smith himself. It may be well to re¬ 
mark. that Payne had ordered the two 
binacle compasses to be brought on 
shore, they being the only ones remain¬ 
ing on board, except a hanging com¬ 
pass suspended in the cabin. Secre¬ 
ting one of the binacle compasses, he 
took the hanging compass on shore, 
