The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . b, situated nearAureed, where their voyage ended, and they remained untilpurchased by Duppar, the Murray Islander, who, it appears,upon hearing that there were two white boys in captivity atAureed, embarked in a canoe with hiswife, Pamoy, and went for the expresspurpose of obtaining them, taking, forthe purpose of barter, some fruit. Theprice of their ransom was a bunch of ba-nanas for each. They returned by wayof Darnleys Island, where they stoppeda few days, and then reached Murray
The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . b, situated nearAureed, where their voyage ended, and they remained untilpurchased by Duppar, the Murray Islander, who, it appears,upon hearing that there were two white boys in captivity atAureed, embarked in a canoe with hiswife, Pamoy, and went for the expresspurpose of obtaining them, taking, forthe purpose of barter, some fruit. Theprice of their ransom was a bunch of ba-nanas for each. They returned by wayof Darnleys Island, where they stoppeda few days, and then reached MurraysIsland, where they remained ever since,most kindly treated. Duppar gave littleDOyley to a native named Oby, to take a Bunch of—a charge of which he faithfullyacquitted himself; and both Oby and his adopted child soonbecame very fond of each othei ; for, as the child was amere infant, he soon forgot his mother, and naturally at-tached himself to his nurse. When at Aureed, the Indianshad named Ireland TVak; and little DOyley they calledUass; names which they retained at Murrays Island, and3. 26 THE LOSS OF THE CHARLES EATON. by which they are doubtless now known all over the archi-pelago. Ireland lived in the same hut with Duppar and his employment was to cultivate a plantation of yams, and,during the season, to assist in taking turtle and shell one occasion, he accompanied them in an excursiontowards New Guinea, where they went for the purpose ofbarter and trade ; which they frequently did to obtain bowsand arrows, canoes, and feathers, for which they gave inreturn shells, and which, from their scarcity, the NewGuinea people prize very much. But, as Duppar was fear-ful the New Guinea people would steal or murder him, hewas left at Darnleys Island, in charge of Agge, an Indian,until their return. Duppar and his friends, however, werenot long away; for, having stopped at Campbells Island topass the night, one of the islanders attempted to take
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