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"
How
so
,
Bill
?
"
said
I.
"
Would
the
natives
not
receive
me
?
"
"
That
they
would
,
lad
;
but
they
would
eat
you
too
.
"
"
Eat
me
!
"
said
I
in
surprise
.
"
I
thought
the
South
Sea
Islanders
never
ate
anybody
except
their
enemies
.
"
"
Humph
!
"
ejaculated
Bill
.
"
I
'
spose
'
twas
yer
tender-hearted
friends
in
England
that
put
that
notion
into
your
head
.
There
's
a
set
o
'
soft-hearted
folk
at
home
that
I
knows
on
who
do
n't
like
to
have
their
feelin
's
ruffled
;
and
when
you
tell
them
anything
they
do
n't
like
--
that
shocks
them
,
as
they
call
it
--
no
matter
how
true
it
be
,
they
stop
their
ears
and
cry
out
,
'
Oh
,
that
is
too
horrible
!
We
ca
n't
believe
that
!
'
An
'
they
say
truth
.
They
ca
n't
believe
it
,
'
cause
they
wo
n't
believe
it
.
Now
,
I
believe
there
's
thousands
o
'
the
people
in
England
who
are
sich
born
drivellin
'
wo
n't
believers
that
they
think
the
black
fellows
hereaways
,
at
the
worst
,
eat
an
enemy
only
now
an
'
then
out
o
'
spite
;
whereas
I
know
for
certain
,
and
many
captains
of
the
British
and
American
navies
know
as
well
as
me
,
that
the
Feejee
Islanders
eat
not
only
their
enemies
but
one
another
--
and
they
do
it
not
for
spite
,
but
for
pleasure
.
It
's
a
fact
that
they
prefer
human
flesh
to
any
other
.
But
they
do
n't
like
white
men
's
flesh
so
well
as
black
;
they
say
it
makes
them
sick
.
"
"
Why
,
Bill
,
"
said
I
,
"
you
told
me
just
now
that
they
would
eat
me
if
they
caught
me
!
"
"
So
I
did
,
and
so
I
think
they
would
.
I
've
only
heard
some
o
'
them
say
they
do
n't
like
white
men
so
well
as
black
;
but
if
they
was
hungry
they
would
n't
be
particular
.
Anyhow
,
I
'm
sure
they
would
kill
you
.
You
see
,
Ralph
,
I
've
been
a
good
while
in
them
parts
,
and
I
've
visited
the
different
groups
of
islands
oftentimes
as
a
trader
.
And
thorough-goin
'
blackguards
some
o
'
them
traders
are
--
no
better
than
pirates
,
I
can
tell
you
.
One
captain
that
I
sailed
with
was
not
a
chip
better
than
the
one
we
're
with
now
.
He
was
trading
with
a
friendly
chief
one
day
aboard
his
vessel
.
The
chief
had
swam
off
to
us
with
the
things
for
trade
tied
atop
of
his
head
,
for
them
chaps
are
like
otters
in
the
water
.
Well
,
the
chief
was
hard
on
the
captain
,
and
would
not
part
with
some
o
'
his
things
.
When
their
bargainin
'
was
over
they
shook
hands
,
and
the
chief
jumped
overboard
to
swim
ashore
;
but
before
he
got
forty
yards
from
the
ship
,
the
captain
seized
a
musket
and
shot
him
dead
.
He
then
hove
up
anchor
and
put
to
sea
,
and
as
we
sailed
along
the
shore
he
dropped
six
black
fellows
with
his
rifle
,
remarkin
'
that
'
that
would
spoil
the
trade
for
the
next-comers
.
'
But
,
as
I
was
sayin
'
,
I
'm
up
to
the
ways
o
'
these
fellows
.
One
o
'
the
laws
o
'
the
country
is
that
every
shipwrecked
person
who
happens
to
be
cast
ashore
,
be
he
dead
or
alive
,
is
doomed
to
be
roasted
and
eaten
.
There
was
a
small
tradin
'
schooner
wrecked
off
one
of
these
islands
when
we
were
lyin
'
there
in
harbour
during
a
storm
.
The
crew
was
lost
--
all
but
three
men
,
who
swam
ashore
.
The
moment
they
landed
,
they
were
seized
by
the
natives
and
carried
up
into
the
woods
.
We
knew
pretty
well
what
their
fate
would
be
;
but
we
could
not
help
them
,
for
our
crew
was
small
,
and
if
we
had
gone
ashore
they
would
likely
have
killed
us
all
.
We
never
saw
the
three
men
again
.
But
we
heard
frightful
yelling
and
dancing
and
merrymaking
that
night
;
and
one
of
the
natives
,
who
came
aboard
to
trade
with
us
next
day
,
told
us
that
the
long
pigs
,
as
he
called
the
men
,
had
been
roasted
and
eaten
,
and
their
bones
were
to
be
converted
into
sail-needles
.
He
also
said
that
white
men
were
bad
to
eat
,
and
that
most
o
'
the
people
on
shore
were
sick
.
"
I
was
very
much
shocked
and
cast
down
in
my
mind
at
this
terrible
account
of
the
natives
,
and
asked
Bill
what
he
would
advise
me
to
do
.
Looking
round
the
deck
to
make
sure
that
we
were
not
overheard
,
he
lowered
his
voice
and
said
,
"
There
are
two
or
three
ways
that
we
might
escape
,
Ralph
,
but
none
o
'
them
's
easy
.
If
the
captain
would
only
sail
for
some
o
'
the
islands
near
Tahiti
we
might
run
away
there
well
enough
,
because
the
natives
are
all
Christians
;
an
'
we
find
that
wherever
the
savages
take
up
with
Christianity
they
always
give
over
their
bloody
ways
,
and
are
safe
to
be
trusted
.
I
never
cared
for
Christianity
myself
,
"
he
continued
in
a
soliloquising
voice
,
"
and
I
do
n't
well
know
what
it
means
;
but
a
man
with
half-an-eye
can
see
what
it
does
for
these
black
critters
.
However
,
the
captain
always
keeps
a
sharp
lookout
after
us
when
we
get
to
these
islands
,
for
he
half-suspects
that
one
or
two
o
'
us
are
tired
of
his
company
.
Then
we
might
manage
to
cut
the
boat
adrift
some
fine
night
when
it
's
our
watch
on
deck
,
and
clear
off
before
they
discovered
that
we
were
gone
.
But
we
would
run
the
risk
o
'
bein
'
caught
by
the
blacks
.
I
would
n't
like
to
try
that
plan
.
