Image: The boy travellers in Australasia - adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, (14598210890)

Description: Identifier: boytravellersina00knox (find matches) Title: The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia Year: 1889 (1880s) Authors: Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896 Harper & Brothers. pbl Subjects: Voyages and travels Adventure and adventurers Tutors and tutoring Friendship Sailing Sailors Animals Natural history Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers Contributing Library: School of Theology, Boston University Digitizing Sponsor: Boston University View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: y done to those vessels. A notorious case, continued the Doctor, was that of the slaver Carl which has figured prominently in the newspapers and official documents. This vessel left Melbourne in June, 1871, for a cruise among THE MODERN SLAVE-TRADE. 119 the South Sea Islands, with the object of procuring laborers. Dr. James Patrick Murray was on board as a passenger and part owner of the vessel, which was commanded by Joseph Armstrong. They tried to obtain laborers at the New Hebrides Islands by legitimate methods but failed, and then they resorted unsuccessfully to the missionary trick. After this the party captured the natives by upsetting or destroy-ing their canoes. According to Dr. Murray's account, given on the trial of Armstrong and one of the crew, the captain and crew used to smash the canoes by dropping pig-iron or stones into them, and the passengers in their own boat picked the natives out of the water, sometimes stunning them with clubs or slung-shot if they were troublesome. Text Appearing After Image: THE ROSARIO chasing A MAN-STEALING SCHOONER. In this way they collected about eighty natives, keeping them in the hold at night, and allowing them to come on deck during the day.One night there was a disturbance in the hold, and the natives tore down the bunks, or sleeping-places, and with the materials thus obtained they attacked the main hatchway. An attempt was made to pacify them but it failed, and then the crew began firing down the hatchway. The firing lasted about eight hours, being kept up during the night, one of the men occasionally throwing lights into the hold in order to enable the others to direct Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: The boy travellers in Australasia - adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, (14598210890)
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