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Visit of Mutineers

           Theygavehimalltheprotestationsoftheirsinceritythatcouldbedesired,andhewaswillingtobelievethem,andsparetheirlives, whichIwasnotagainst,onlyIobligedhimtokeepthemboundhandandfootwhiletheywereupontheisland. 

           Whilethiswasdoing,IsentFridaywiththecaptain’smatetotheboat,withorderstosecureher,andbringawaytheoarsandsail,whichtheydid; andbyandbythreestragglingmenthatwere(happilyforthem)partedfromtherest,camebackuponhearingthegunsfired; andseeingtheircaptain,whobeforewastheirprisoner,nowtheirconqueror,theysubmittedtobeboundalso,andsoourvictorywascomplete. 

           ItnowremainedthatthecaptainandIshouldinquireintooneanother’scircumstances. Ibeganfirst,andtoldhimmywholehistory,whichheheardwithanattentioneventoamazement;andparticularlyatthewonderfulmannerofmybeingfurnishedwithprovisionsandammunition; and,indeed,asmystoryisawholecollectionofwonders,itaffectedhimdeeply. Butwhenhereflectedfromthenceuponhimself,andhowIseemedtohavebeenpreservedthereonpurposetosavehislife,thetearsrandownhisface,andhecouldnotspeakawordmore. 

           AfterthiscommunicationwasatanendIcarriedhimandhistwomenintomyapartment,leadingtheminjustwhereIcameout,viz.,atthetopofthehouse, whereIrefreshedthemwithsuchprovisionsasIhad,andshowedthemallthecontrivancesIhadmadeduringmylong,longinhabitingthatplace. 

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