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This was a hopeless case, and the captain left them, to wait
patiently until their money was gone.
We discharged our hides and tallow, and in about a week were ready
to set sail again for the windward. We unmoored, and got everything
ready, when the captain made another attempt upon the oven. This
time he had more regard to the "mollia tempora fandi," and succeeded
very well. He got Mr. Mannini in his interest, and as the shot was
getting low in the locker, prevailed upon him and three others to come
on board with their chests and baggage, and sent a hasty summons to me
and the boy to come ashore with our things, and join the gang at the
hide-house. This was unexpected to me; but anything in the way of
variety I liked; so we got ready, and were pulled ashore. I stood on
the beach while the brig got under weigh, and watched her until she
rounded the point, and then went up to the hide-house to take up my
quarters for a few months.
CHAPTER XIX
THE SANDWICH ISLANDERS--HIDE-CURING--WOOD-CUTTING--
RATTLE-SNAKES--NEW-COMERS
Here was a change in my life as complete as it had been sudden.
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