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

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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 captain by one of the chiefs.--They all arrive at the harbor of the island, which proved to be one of the Pelew islands.--Description of the island and its inhabitants.--Consultation of the chiefs respecting the ship's company.--Result of the consultation 41