The narrative of Captain David Woodard and four seamen: who lost their ship while in a boat at sea, and surrendered themselves up to the Malays in the island of Celebes ; containing an interesting account of their sufferings ... ; also an account of the manners and customs of the country ... ; Together with an introduction, and an appendix. Containing narratives of various escapes from shipwrecks ... holding out a valuable seaman's guide ... / [Ed. by W. Vaughan].

  • Woodard, D. N. (David N.)
Date:
1805
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Credit: The narrative of Captain David Woodard and four seamen: who lost their ship while in a boat at sea, and surrendered themselves up to the Malays in the island of Celebes ; containing an interesting account of their sufferings ... ; also an account of the manners and customs of the country ... ; Together with an introduction, and an appendix. Containing narratives of various escapes from shipwrecks ... holding out a valuable seaman's guide ... / [Ed. by W. Vaughan]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ES. -- * ; aa one voice consented, - eeccpt John. Cole, an, American. lad, who. said hey would rather-die in. tie woods . than. be. massacred by, the , natives ; oe | -and.,at; the same time, catching, me “by. the. foot vand, kissing. its. camnestly, begged. of. me to Stay in te & # ce the woods. Tn order to” preserve, ‘authority, and* create, confidence, . I was. still. obliged... to speak very roughly, to, him ; calling him a fool, and di- _recting him,to- follow me ; which he did reluc- ~ tantly, and | behind at some distance. ‘We now thought, it most prudent to. hide our weapons. in the. ground ; viz, our boat- hook, the axe, the. two pocket-knives, and A dollar. These we hid by | the side of a large tree,.. as a_mark. We then proceeded to the bay; where we had seen the Malays. in the morning, in order to _ meet our fate, or to find friends. -When we came --, tO, the: beach, however,. we did not see any one ; for, as the tide was Up, the natives were all gone away. I immediately walked on until I came to the path ; and then ascending a few steps om _ the banks, I perceived three girls fishing in a brook, As soon as. they saw us they ran away up the path. We followed them for some dis- tance, and then sat down on a large trunk of a tree, and waited the event of ey departure, In about a. quarter of an hour I perceived three men coming. towards us by the same path in | which. the girls had gone, and immediately rose to meet them, desiring our men tgsit stilt ¢ — ef — 7