laint escapes you, from the severe treatment of the
operators, (of whom there are generally two,) the whole company strikes
up a louder strain, apparently as if rejoicing. The spirited wood cut
accompanying this volume gives a very correct representation of this
important ceremony.

* * * * *

After captain Barnard and Rollins escaped from the island, the natives
would often ask of Holden and Nute where they thought _Peeter Inglish_
(their name for the captain) was;[10] they were answered, that he was on
his passage to England. They would then say,--

Ah! Peeter Inglish taw borobeeto Inglish; Peeter Inglish yepee'lif
tang ah nee mah'ree ah To'bee ah pahng-ul; Peeter Inglish mo'ree
poo'ruk woar ah taht; Peeter Inglish tee'tree tee'tree mah'ree
To'bee pee'pee pee'pee ah pahng-ul, pee'pee ah lego', pee'pee ah
mullebah'dee; shaik, man Inglish yepee'lif tuhmah'; mah'ree ah
To'bee zah so zah tee'tree Yarris, waurwa ah Inglish cher prow tay
beeto woar Inglish.

Ah! the captain will never get to England; the captain was a
thief; he had not given To'bee man any iron, and he would die
at sea; the captain talked, and talked with To'bee men, (that
they should have) much iron, great many clothes, and much
brass; for shame! Englishmen (are) all thieves and bad men;
To'bee men (are) very angry; (we) will speak to God, and he
will make the ship founder at sea, and the captain never will
arrive in England.

Whenever Holden or Nute expressed a wish to go to England, the natives
would say to them,--

Gur zah beeto Inglish bah? Taw ah muk'kah woar Inglish; gur zah
beeto Inglish, gur mo'ree poo'ruk; mah'ree Inglish muk'kah ketch'ee
etch'ee, omah ah yahpuk gur mum'mee tee'dee ah To'bee, yevvers
mah'ree To'bee yissung ah mukkah.

What do you (wish to) go to England for? There is nothing to
eat in England; if you go to England you will die; Englishmen
eat rats and snails and filth; if you stay in To'bee you will
live; To'bee men have very good (food) to eat.

_Dialogue between Horace Holden and his master Pahrahbooah._

_H._ Pahrahbooah, gur zah wosheeto ah nang woar ah prow, nang zah
beeto Inglish; nang zah mum'mah tee'dee ah To'bee zah pooruk, taw
ah muk'kah woar To'bee; woar Inglish pee'pee ah muk'kah, pee'pee,