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»oe, and entered into very earnest con¬ 
versation with his family, which, at the 
time, 1 did not fully understand ; but 
found afterwards it was a relation to his 
family of his interview with the natives 
on the subject of taking our lives ; and 
that if they killed me, th *y would first 
have to kill him, (my master,) which 
they were unwilling to do. My kind 
old master told them he had preserved 
me, and alwaysjshould. Night now com¬ 
ing on, I lay dowo'to sleep,but fear had 
taken such possession of my mind, that 
the night was spent in wakeful anxiety. 
The next morning I asked leave of 
in}’ master to visit Lay, which he readi¬ 
ly gave. 1 set out for the hut in com¬ 
pany with my master’s son $ hut on ap¬ 
proaching it, Lay called out to me, to 
inform me that I must not come—that 
the natives did not like to have us to¬ 
gether. On my turning to go back, 
Lay’s master called to me to come. I 
went and sat down, and entered into 
conversation with Lay, to ascertain 
what the intention of the natives to- 
