kly mustered with the rest of the prize crew,
with their bags ready. The captain addressed them kindly before they
left the frigate, urged them to maintain discipline, to obey Mr Owen
and Mr Manners, and hoped that he should have a good report of them all
when they rejoined the frigate. All arrangements being made, the
frigate stood to the eastward with the slaver's crew on board, while the
schooner made sail for Samoa, Tonga, and Savage Islands.

The new crew of the schooner had a long voyage before them, but they
were in good spirits; they had an abundance of provisions, having been
well supplied by the frigate, in addition to what the schooner had
before, and they were engaged in a just and humane cause.

It was pleasant to observe the gentle, kind manners of the liberated
natives. They were courteous and polite to each other, and they seemed
evidently anxious to conform to all the rules and regulations formed for
their management. One of them, who had lived some time in the house of
a missionary, spoke a little English, and he was thus able to act as
interpreter.

Although the crew of the slaver had taken away and thrown overboard one
or two Bibles and some other small books, which had been found in the
girdles of the captives, they were very far from being deprived of all
spiritual comfort, for they could nearly all repeat large portions of
the Scripture by heart, many of them entire chapters. They would
happily pass many hours of each day repeating these to each other,
singing hymns, and offering up prayers. Two or three among them, who
were elders of their respective churches, also occasionally addressed
and exhorted the rest; indeed, it was a pity that their language was not
understood by the white men, who might undoubtedly have learned many an
important truth from them. Mr Manners, who was, as has been said, a
very sincere Christian, took great interest in their proceedings, and
got the young native who spoke English, and who was called Marco, to
explain what was said. Ben frequently stood by and listened, and then
began to pick up a knowledge of the language.

Thus several days passed by very pleasantly on board the schooner. It
has been remarked that this world is a very good and beautiful world,
but it is the people who live in it that are bad. In this case the
schooner was a very ordinary vessel, and had till lately been filled
with very bad people, and a great deal of misery and suffering had