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wards us were. He told me it was the 
design of the high chief to kill us. 1 ob¬ 
served to him, that we were in the hands 
of the natives ; still there was a higher 
and moire powerful Hand that could pro¬ 
tect Us, if it were the Divine pleasure so 
to do. I then bade him farewell, and re¬ 
turned to the canoe, never expecting to 
see each other again till we should meet 
on the tranquil ocean of eternity. 
My master being nOw ready to return 
to his Island, the canoe was launched* 
and we set sail, and arrived the same 
night, having been absent two days.—- 
The natives expressed much joy on see¬ 
ing me return, and asked many ques¬ 
tions respecting the chief of Milly ; but 
as I was unable to speak their language 
intelligibly, I could give them but little 
information. We then went on with 
our work as usual, which was fishing, 
'&c. &c. 
After having been at this Island some 
time, my master’s wife manifested an 
inclination to go and visit her friends, 
who lived at an Island called in their 
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