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A Voyage
them , which they drank . They then proceeded farther up the hill , against the inclination of the natives ; and Avere followed by them iri great numbers , hallooing and hooting . At the top of the ' hifl , they had an opportunity of taki ,, g the view which was the object uf their journey : they saw the reefs extending as far as the eye could reach j but no land to the Avestward of the island , except a large sandbank , nearl with the water
y even ' s edge , ancl not far from the island . At the same time , they also perceived a great number of the natives round the boat , who . they supposed , were trading with Captain Hill : when they had made their observations they began to descend ; and by degrees the natives contrived to separate the three gentlemen , at ei ght or ten yards from each other , insinuating themselves between
them in the path , which was but narrow . Mr . Haskett perceived boys of about fourteen or fifteen years old lurking iu the bushes as they passed , with bundles of spears and arrows : he informed Mr . Carter of it , who was the foremost in the path , and asked if he saw them ? Avho answered in the affirmative . Mr . Shaw begged the other gentlemen to be on their guard , and , Haskett '
Mr . proposed to Mr . Carter to turn all the natives before them , as he could plainly perceive they were bent on murdering them . They had got dotvn the hill , the greatest part of the tva * - * in this manner , when they were met by a very old man , who kissed Mr . Carter ' s hand first , and then attempted to kiss Mr . Haskett ' s , but was not permitted ; he then tvetit on and kissed MrShaw ' swho ivas
. , in the rear . Immediately after , Mr . S . called out , 'they want to take my musket from me , ' and Mr . Carter exclaimed , ' My God I my God ! they have murdered me I '—Mr . Haskett discharged his musket tit the next man to them : and on thc report of it , the natives ' all fled into the bushes .
Here was a horrid . spectacle for Mr . Haskett to behold ! Mr . Carter laying on the ground , in a gore of blood ; and Mr . Shaw Avith a large cut in his throat , under the left jaw ; but luckily they were both able to rise , and proceed clown the lu'If with ail possible speed , firing at the natives , Avherever thev SIIAV them . When they arrived on the beach , they found Captain Hill and of the
one seamen dead , cut and mangled in a shocking manner , and the other two floating on the water with their throats cut . They , however , made a shift " to get on board , ancl found eve ? y thing' was taken away . They then with great difficulty . lr isted a sail " which the natives had left , and got out of their reach . Mr . Haskett bound up the wounds of his unfortunate comrades with their handkerchiefs ;
but Mr . Carter was' so weak from the loss of blood , that he was ' obliged to lay down in the bottom of the boat . Thev saw very distinctly those voracious cannibals drag-ring the bodies of Cantain Hill and the seamen up towards large fires , prepared on the ' occasion , yelling and howling at the same time . After having cleared the point of landthey bawled under the
, up lee of the sand bank ; they saw from the top of the hill they AVC re carried far to / oeu ' . iid of where they left the ships . In short , af ' re ; some time spent in a situation beyond descriptic-: horrid , thev were p icked up , aud the wounded gentlemen miraculously recovered ,
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A Voyage
them , which they drank . They then proceeded farther up the hill , against the inclination of the natives ; and Avere followed by them iri great numbers , hallooing and hooting . At the top of the ' hifl , they had an opportunity of taki ,, g the view which was the object uf their journey : they saw the reefs extending as far as the eye could reach j but no land to the Avestward of the island , except a large sandbank , nearl with the water
y even ' s edge , ancl not far from the island . At the same time , they also perceived a great number of the natives round the boat , who . they supposed , were trading with Captain Hill : when they had made their observations they began to descend ; and by degrees the natives contrived to separate the three gentlemen , at ei ght or ten yards from each other , insinuating themselves between
them in the path , which was but narrow . Mr . Haskett perceived boys of about fourteen or fifteen years old lurking iu the bushes as they passed , with bundles of spears and arrows : he informed Mr . Carter of it , who was the foremost in the path , and asked if he saw them ? Avho answered in the affirmative . Mr . Shaw begged the other gentlemen to be on their guard , and , Haskett '
Mr . proposed to Mr . Carter to turn all the natives before them , as he could plainly perceive they were bent on murdering them . They had got dotvn the hill , the greatest part of the tva * - * in this manner , when they were met by a very old man , who kissed Mr . Carter ' s hand first , and then attempted to kiss Mr . Haskett ' s , but was not permitted ; he then tvetit on and kissed MrShaw ' swho ivas
. , in the rear . Immediately after , Mr . S . called out , 'they want to take my musket from me , ' and Mr . Carter exclaimed , ' My God I my God ! they have murdered me I '—Mr . Haskett discharged his musket tit the next man to them : and on thc report of it , the natives ' all fled into the bushes .
Here was a horrid . spectacle for Mr . Haskett to behold ! Mr . Carter laying on the ground , in a gore of blood ; and Mr . Shaw Avith a large cut in his throat , under the left jaw ; but luckily they were both able to rise , and proceed clown the lu'If with ail possible speed , firing at the natives , Avherever thev SIIAV them . When they arrived on the beach , they found Captain Hill and of the
one seamen dead , cut and mangled in a shocking manner , and the other two floating on the water with their throats cut . They , however , made a shift " to get on board , ancl found eve ? y thing' was taken away . They then with great difficulty . lr isted a sail " which the natives had left , and got out of their reach . Mr . Haskett bound up the wounds of his unfortunate comrades with their handkerchiefs ;
but Mr . Carter was' so weak from the loss of blood , that he was ' obliged to lay down in the bottom of the boat . Thev saw very distinctly those voracious cannibals drag-ring the bodies of Cantain Hill and the seamen up towards large fires , prepared on the ' occasion , yelling and howling at the same time . After having cleared the point of landthey bawled under the
, up lee of the sand bank ; they saw from the top of the hill they AVC re carried far to / oeu ' . iid of where they left the ships . In short , af ' re ; some time spent in a situation beyond descriptic-: horrid , thev were p icked up , aud the wounded gentlemen miraculously recovered ,