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I called mistress, ate, to use a sea 
phrase, her full allowance. 
The natives expressed great dislike 
at our conversing together, and prohib¬ 
ited our reading, as much as possible 
We never could make them comprehend 
that the book conveyed ideas to us, ex¬ 
pressed in our own language. 
Whether from a fear that we might 
eoncert some plan of escape, or that we 
might be the means of doing them some 
injury while together, we know not;— 
but about the first of April, we discov¬ 
ered that we were about to be separa¬ 
ted ! The reader may form some idea 
of our feelings when we were informed 
that Hussey was to be taken by his 
master and family, to a distant part of 
the Island! Not having as yet become 
sufficiently acquainted with their lan¬ 
guage, we were unable to comprehend 
the distance from our present location. 
It now becomes expedient to present 
the reader with our separate accounts , in 
which we hope to be able to convey an 
idea of the manners and customs of 
