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Article AUTHENTIC AND INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF THE MUTINEERS ← Page 8 of 8 Article ANECDOTE. Page 1 of 1
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Authentic And Interesting Narrative Of The Adventures Of The Mutineers
Christian therefore evaded coming to any resolution , but hinted that Churchill being a chief of theirs , and all the same as one of their own people , they should take the business under their consideration . In the mean time both the . men and women were bewailing the untimely death of Churchill ; the latter were particularly clamorous in their grief , and continued their lamentations for several ni ghts .
Having obtained Christian ' s permission , they intended to bury him according to their own funeral ceremonies ; the body ivas therefore disembowelled in order to avoid putrefaction , the intestines ' and viscera drawn out , and the cavities supplied with cloth ; after which it was constantly rubbed with cocoa-nut oil , which keeps it in seeming perfection though it soon wastes away . These operations being
performed , the corpse was shrouded , and the relations of the chief whom Churchill succeeded being silent mourners , it was conveyed on a bier supported by men ' s shoulders , according to our fashion , while a priest attended the procession , which was frequently repeated backwards and forwards , sprinkling the ground , occasionally with water , and-praying in broken sentences . Afterwards the body was laid on a
Mnd of a stage erected for the purpose , as they never deposit a corpse in the Morai , or burial-place , till the flesh is entirely wasted from off the bones . Thompson , in the mean time , being more afraid of his own people than of the natives , had some thoughts of repairing to the island of Huheine ; for he knew w ell that Churchill , whom he had murdered ,
was one of Christian ' s private counsellors , and he naturally supposed that Christian would resent his death ; not only out of respect to the memory of the deceased , but in order to prevent any future disturbance among his own people , which might have a similar termination . He was , however , unprovided with proper necessaries for his intended expedition , and wandered about several hours , subsisting upon those berries which were edible , and which he pulled from off the trees in his way . ( To be continued . )
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MR . Richard H— — jun . being out a coursing near to Sir John P ' s mansion ( who was then dragging his pond ) , a hare making down for the wet ground was by some accident forced into the pond , and fell foul of the net . In the interim , the dogs being at a dead fault , Dick Ii gallops down to the company , and meeting Sir John there , salutes him , and asked him what he fished for . Hares , answered he . —A very likely mattersaid Dick H ( thinking it a
, jest ) . —It is very true , replied Sir John , and that you will find presently : pull , pull , my lads , added he to his men , and they immediately drew in the net with a large hare struggling in the meshes . Look you here , cries Sir John , did I not tell you as much ?—Yes , faith , says Dick , and now I see the old saying is true , that there is no creature on , saith but the water has the same ; what a wonderful tiling it is ' ,
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Authentic And Interesting Narrative Of The Adventures Of The Mutineers
Christian therefore evaded coming to any resolution , but hinted that Churchill being a chief of theirs , and all the same as one of their own people , they should take the business under their consideration . In the mean time both the . men and women were bewailing the untimely death of Churchill ; the latter were particularly clamorous in their grief , and continued their lamentations for several ni ghts .
Having obtained Christian ' s permission , they intended to bury him according to their own funeral ceremonies ; the body ivas therefore disembowelled in order to avoid putrefaction , the intestines ' and viscera drawn out , and the cavities supplied with cloth ; after which it was constantly rubbed with cocoa-nut oil , which keeps it in seeming perfection though it soon wastes away . These operations being
performed , the corpse was shrouded , and the relations of the chief whom Churchill succeeded being silent mourners , it was conveyed on a bier supported by men ' s shoulders , according to our fashion , while a priest attended the procession , which was frequently repeated backwards and forwards , sprinkling the ground , occasionally with water , and-praying in broken sentences . Afterwards the body was laid on a
Mnd of a stage erected for the purpose , as they never deposit a corpse in the Morai , or burial-place , till the flesh is entirely wasted from off the bones . Thompson , in the mean time , being more afraid of his own people than of the natives , had some thoughts of repairing to the island of Huheine ; for he knew w ell that Churchill , whom he had murdered ,
was one of Christian ' s private counsellors , and he naturally supposed that Christian would resent his death ; not only out of respect to the memory of the deceased , but in order to prevent any future disturbance among his own people , which might have a similar termination . He was , however , unprovided with proper necessaries for his intended expedition , and wandered about several hours , subsisting upon those berries which were edible , and which he pulled from off the trees in his way . ( To be continued . )
Anecdote.
ANECDOTE .
MR . Richard H— — jun . being out a coursing near to Sir John P ' s mansion ( who was then dragging his pond ) , a hare making down for the wet ground was by some accident forced into the pond , and fell foul of the net . In the interim , the dogs being at a dead fault , Dick Ii gallops down to the company , and meeting Sir John there , salutes him , and asked him what he fished for . Hares , answered he . —A very likely mattersaid Dick H ( thinking it a
, jest ) . —It is very true , replied Sir John , and that you will find presently : pull , pull , my lads , added he to his men , and they immediately drew in the net with a large hare struggling in the meshes . Look you here , cries Sir John , did I not tell you as much ?—Yes , faith , says Dick , and now I see the old saying is true , that there is no creature on , saith but the water has the same ; what a wonderful tiling it is ' ,