. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. 118 THE BOY TEAVELLERS IN AUSTRALASIA. a hole which has been cut from the cabin for that purpose. When abatch has been thus disposed of another is allowed to descend, and in alittle while the hold is full; fifty or more natives have been made pris-oners, and meantime the strange missionary has returned from shore,the canoes are cut adrift or sunk
. The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. 118 THE BOY TEAVELLERS IN AUSTRALASIA. a hole which has been cut from the cabin for that purpose. When abatch has been thus disposed of another is allowed to descend, and in alittle while the hold is full; fifty or more natives have been made pris-oners, and meantime the strange missionary has returned from shore,the canoes are cut adrift or sunk by dropping pieces of iron into them,and the pretended missionary ship sails away with a cargo of slaves forthe Queensland or Feejee FIRING DOWN THE HATCHWAY. And Avas this really done by Englishmen ? one of the youthsasked. Yes, not only once, but several times, the Doctor answered; andof the men thus stolen from their homes very few ever found their wayback again. If you wish more information on this point, read Kidnap-ping in the South Seas, by Captain Palmer, and The Cruise of theRosario^ by Captain Markham, both of the Royal ITavy, These gen-tlemen were sent to cruise in Polynesian waters to suppress the slave-trade ; and though they made several captures, they did not find them-selves supported by the colonial courts. In two glaring instances, saysCaptain Markham, when slavers were seized and sent to Sydney foradjudication they were acquitted, and their captors were themselvescondemned in heavy damages for detention and injury done to thosevessels. A notorious case, continued the Doctor, was that of the slaverCarl^ which has figured prominently in the newspapers and official doc-uments. This vessel left Melbo
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