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in this desolate place, with these
two men with me; one my mate,
the other a passenger, where we expected to perish, believing the
place to be uninhabited, and know not yet what to think of it.”

“Where are those brutes, your enemies?” said I; “‘ do you know
where they are gone ?”—“ There they lie, sir,” said he, pointing
to a thicket of trees. ‘“ My heart trembles for fear they have seen
us and heard you speak; if they have, they will certainly murder
us all.”

“ Wave they any firearms?” said I. He answered they had only