. Spunyarn and spindrift : a sailor boy's log of a voyage out and home in a china tea-clipper. fore they got to their senses I lets em haveanother round, and then I seed the whole party comingfull pelt for me, I loaded again with a couple of shot and as manymusket-balls as the gun would hold, and then sung outto my mob not to fire before I gave the word, and hada look round to see we was all ready. Then I heard Kamie again, and over went half adozen more of the savages. On they came, screeching and yelling, most ravingmad, and regular foaming with rage. When they got toabout ten yards off, I s
. Spunyarn and spindrift : a sailor boy's log of a voyage out and home in a china tea-clipper. fore they got to their senses I lets em haveanother round, and then I seed the whole party comingfull pelt for me, I loaded again with a couple of shot and as manymusket-balls as the gun would hold, and then sung outto my mob not to fire before I gave the word, and hada look round to see we was all ready. Then I heard Kamie again, and over went half adozen more of the savages. On they came, screeching and yelling, most ravingmad, and regular foaming with rage. When they got toabout ten yards off, I shouted FiRE ! and bang wentmy gun again, and the muskets and pistols as I drawed my cutlash and gived a cheer, and outwe dashed. The first one I comed to was a chief—he was verynear as big as I am. (The boatswain stood over sixfeet.) He aimed a blow at me with his club, but Idodged it, and gin him a sweeping cut across the neckas most took his head off. The next one had a spear; I knocked the point upand drove my cutlash right through his breast. Just GETTING THE BEST OF IT 107. LANDING OF CANOES. then, up came Kamie with his lot, and took the savagesin the rear. Lord, what a scrimmage there was! Ourmen fought Hke tigers—moren I expected, I must say ;but then, you see, they knowed what it would be if theywas beat. Well, we got the best of it, anyhow, and very soonthe savages broke and made for the boats ; but they wastoo late—not one ever got to the waters edge, for wegived chase and slaughtered the lot. There was no mercy showed, not a bit. So, as I tellyou, we massacreed every one, them as throwed downtheir arms and all, and the wounded ones we brainedwith their own clubs. io8 SPUNYARN AND SPINDRIFT. In the canoes we found four poor captives, bound sotight they couldnt move ; and more than that, there wasthe remains of two as was half eat! So I reckon wed done a good mornings work. There was a hundred and thirteen of the cannibalslying about on the beach ; so
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