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deck carrying his axe in his
mouth and a block in his
hand. W'm Laurie jumped
down on to him and tried to
get the axe from him but did
not succeed. By this
time it was broad day light,
and I heard another shot
from the cabin, and the two blacks
on the rigging looked aft, and
I saw the body of a black lying
apparently dead. The blacks
went down the rigging and
one jumped overboard. The
mate then went down the rigging
and seized a hand spike and
the black came at him and
made a blow. By this time I was
down, also W'm Laurie. I picked
up a block and struck the
black on the back of the ear
and staggered him and Laurie
hit him with a hand spike.
The mate closed and I wrenched
the axe from the black, and
struck him with it three or
four times, killing him. We
then sang out for the Capt'n to
come out of the cabin, and he
and the Steward and Purcell &
John Shaw and the cabin boy
came up. The Steward fired
at the black swiming away
but he got on to a rock about a
hundred yards away. I then saw
the black jump into the sea