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8 inches broad and one or two
inches thick and went into
the cabin. In a few seconds I heard from where I was, (from the Wheel) a noise in the Cabin; - an instant
afterwards the baptain ran
up with the rope round his -neck and bleeding from his head, followed by the three
men who attacked him with
the hatchet and pistol, then the leaptain took the hatchet. from them and with a blow cut the rope and rid himself, At that moment the mate
came up on deck, and the
Captain went to rouse the apprentices; - the three men ran forward and they very soon': returned aft with hand sticks, then one of them fired a shot from his pistol, at the Captain who was then standing.
at the
cabin door, the bullet missed him, and struck the sleeves
of my right arm, I being in the same direction from where the shot was fired, then the other two men again attacked the leaptain and made him enter the cabin. After having shut the Captain and the mate in the beabin, the man
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