and returned to the creek where the ship lay, but I saw not the young man in their company.
This made me believe that he had staid behind in the subterraneous place, a circumstance which exceedingly surprised me.
The old man and the slaves went on board, and getting the vessel under weigh, steered their course towards the main land. When I perceived they had proceeded to such a distance that I could not be seen by them, I came down from the tree,
and returned to the creek where the ship lay, but I saw not the young man in their company.
This made me believe that he had staid behind in the subterraneous place, a circumstance which exceedingly surprised me.
The old man and the slaves went on board, and getting the vessel under weigh, steered their course towards the main land. When I perceived they had proceeded to such a distance that I could not be seen by them, I came down from the tree,
