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not only remain on board, but give in¬ 
formation that my shipmates had been 
murdered. I was glad to see them de¬ 
part, for t feared they would kill me.— 
The reader can have but a faint idea of 
my feelings at that time ; nor will I at¬ 
tempt to describe them. 
Towards the close of the next day, 
(27th, > a canoe came to the Island which 
had been boarded by a boat from the 
schooner. The natives offered the men 
in the boat some coeoanuts, which they 
would not accept. The boat then pro¬ 
ceeded towards the Island of Milly.— 
The natives informed me that the men 
in the boat inquired after the men who 
were left there by the ship Globe ; but 
they would not give any information 
where they were. The canoe left the 
Island, and we went to rest. The next 
day passed without hearing any thing of 
the schooner ; but the day following, 
(29th of Nov.) as I was walking in the 
woods in the afternoon, I heard a dread¬ 
ful outcry for Hussey. I ran to the hut 
to learn the cause, and to my unspeaka- 
