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A Narrative of the Shipwreck, Captivity and Sufferings of Horace Holden and Benj. H. Nute Who were cast away in the American ship Mentor, on the Pelew Islands, in the year 1832; and for two years afterwards were subjected to unheard of sufferings among the barbarous inhabitants of Lord North's island

Equipment and departure of the ship Mentor from the port of New Bedford, Massachusetts.--The ship's company.--Arrival at Fayal.--Passage down the Cape de Verd islands, and round the cape of Good Hope, to the Indian ocean.--Cruising among the islands, and arrival at the port of...

Chapters

20. CHAPTER X.

The feeble and exhausted condition of the survivors, Nute and Holden.--The natives consent to release them from labor, but refuse them food; and they obtain permission to leave...

11. CHAPTER I.

Equipment and departure of the ship Mentor from the port of New Bedford, Massachusetts.--The ship's company.--Arrival at Fayal.--Passage down the Cape de Verd islands, and round...

13. CHAPTER III.

A canoe, with two natives, approaches the island.--Communication opened with them.--A great number of canoes, filled with armed natives, suddenly arrive; rough treatment of the...

17. CHAPTER VII.

It may now be proper in this place to give some account of the place where our unhappy lot was cast, and of its rude and miserable inhabitants. It will be impossible to convey a...

14. CHAPTER IV.

An extraordinary and unexpected meeting with a person not a native.--Happy result of the meeting.--Acquisition of the Pelew language.--Dissensions between two portions of the na...

12. CHAPTER II.

The situation of the survivors of the ship's company upon the reef during the night.--A canoe filled with savage natives approaches the reef; intercourse with them; and descript...

19. CHAPTER IX.

The natives compel the Mentor's people to be tattooed.--Description of that painful operation.--They also oblige them to pluck their beards, &c.--Another vessel passes by the is...

16. CHAPTER VI.

Regret at having undertaken the voyage in boats.--Storm, and damage in consequence of it.--Loss of the canoe and the provisions on board.--Danger of perishing from famine.--On t...

18. CHAPTER VIII.

A ship discovered at a small distance from the island.--The natives prepare to go on board of her.--Captain Barnard and Bartlet Rollins, after being severely beaten, are allowed...

15. CHAPTER V.

The natives become anxious to aid the ship's company in leaving the island.--Terms on which they agreed to release them.--Departure from the Pelew islands.--Necessity of returni...

10. CHAPTER X.

The feeble and exhausted condition of the survivors, Nute and Holden.--The natives consent to release them from labor, but refuse them food; and they obtain permission to leave...

9. CHAPTER IX.

The natives compel the Mentor's people to be tattooed.--Description of that painful operation.--They also oblige them to pluck their beards, &c.--Another vessel passes by the is...

8. CHAPTER VIII.

A ship discovered at a small distance from the island.--The natives prepare to go on board of her.--Captain Barnard and Bartlet Rollins, after being severely beaten, are allowed...

4. CHAPTER IV.

An extraordinary and unexpected meeting with a person not a native.--Happy result of the meeting.--Acquisition of the Pelew language.--Dissensions between two portions of the na...

1. CHAPTER I.

Equipment and departure of the ship Mentor from the port of New Bedford, Massachusetts.--The ship's company.--Arrival at Fayal.--Passage down the Cape de Verd islands, and round...

6. CHAPTER VI.

Regret at having undertaken the voyage in boats.--Storm, and damage in consequence of it.--Loss of the canoe and the provisions on board.--Danger of perishing from famine.--On t...

2. CHAPTER II.

The situation of the survivors of the ship's company upon the reef during the night.--A canoe filled with savage natives approaches the reef; intercourse with them; and descript...

3. CHAPTER III.

A canoe, with two natives, approaches the island.--Communication opened with them.--A great number of canoes, filled with armed natives, suddenly arrive; rough treatment of the...

5. CHAPTER V.

The natives become anxious to aid the ship's company in leaving the island.--Terms on which they agreed to release them.--Departure from the Pelew islands.--Necessity of returni...

7. CHAPTER VII.