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Chapter 24

           OnecaptainthatIsailedwithwasnotachipbetterthantheonewe’rewithnow.Hewastradingwithafriendlychiefonedayaboardhisvessel.Thechiefhadswamofftouswiththethingsfortradetiedatopofhishead,forthemchapsarelikeottersinthewater.Well,thechiefwashardonthecaptain,andwouldnotpartwithsomeo’histhings.Whentheirbargainin’wasovertheyshookhands,andthechiefjumpedoverboardtoswimashore;butbeforehegotfortyyardsfromtheship,thecaptainseizedamusketandshothimdead.Hethenhoveupanchorandputtosea,andaswesailedalongtheshorehedroppedsixblackfellowswithhisrifle,remarkin’that‘thatwouldspoilthetradeforthenext-comers.But,asIwassayin’,I’muptothewayso’thesefellows.Oneo’thelawso’thecountryisthateveryshipwreckedpersonwhohappenstobecastashore,behedeadoralive,isdoomedtoberoastedandeaten.Therewasasmalltradin’schoonerwreckedoffoneoftheseislandswhenwewerelyin’thereinharbourduringastorm.Thecrewwaslostallbutthreemen,whoswamashore.Themomenttheylanded,theywereseizedbythenativesandcarriedupintothewoods.Weknewprettywellwhattheirfatewouldbe;butwecouldnothelpthem,forourcrewwassmall,andifwehadgoneashoretheywouldlikelyhavekilledusall.Weneversawthethreemenagain.

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