hat were with him were
soundly beat.

Things were in this situation when Captain Pelsart arrived in the
_Sardam_ frigate. He sailed up to the wreck, and saw with great joy a
cloud of smoke ascending from one of the islands, by which he knew that
all his people were not dead. He came immediately to an anchor, and
having ordered some wine and provisions to be put into the skiff,
resolved to go in person with these refreshments to one of these islands.
He had hardly quitted the ship before he was boarded by a boat from the
island to which he was going. There were four men in the boat, of whom
Weybhays was one, who immediately ran to the captain, told him what had
happened, and begged him to return to his ship immediately, for that the
conspirators intended to surprise her, that they had already murdered 125
persons, and that they had attacked him and his company that very morning
with two shallops.

While they were talking the two shallops appeared; upon which the captain
rowed to his ship as fast as he could, and was hardly got on board before
they arrived at the ship's side. The captain was surprised to see men in
red coats laced with gold and silver, with arms in their hands. He
demanded what they meant by coming on board armed. They told him he
should know when they were on board the ship. The captain replied that
they should come on board, but that they must first throw their arms into
the sea, which if they did not do immediately, he would sink them as they
lay. As they saw that disputes were to no purpose, and that they were
entirely in the captain's power, they were obliged to obey. They
accordingly threw their arms overboard, and were then taken into the
vessel, where they were instantly put in irons. One of them, whose name
was John Bremen, and who was first examined, owned that he had murdered
with his own hands, or had assisted in murdering, no less than twenty-
seven persons. The same evening Weybhays brought his prisoner Cornelis
on board, where he was put in irons and strictly guarded.

On the 18th of September, Captain Pelsart, with the master, went to take
the rest of the conspirators in Cornelis's island. They went in two
boats. The villains, as soon as they saw them land, lost all their
courage, and fled from them. They surrendered without a blow, and were
put in irons with the rest. The captain's first care was to recover the
jewels which Cornelis had dispersed among his accomplices: th