The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-14 00:00:00

boats, provided they would suffer them to carry
their muskets. This proposal, after their trea-
cherous murder of the two who had
the ventured down among them; they, vliould
not at all accede to; and while the priest was
haranging on -the policy of a compliance,
Dillon got behind him, and pressing the muzzle
of his gun close against his' back, commanded'
him to proceed in a direct line for the boats,
threatening him with instant death if he either
hesitated; or if any of his people should attempt
to attack them, or impede their passage. The
priest proceeded as directed; and as lie passed
along thought it prudent to remind, his country-
men that lie was their chief divinity, and that if,
through any rash act of theirs, he should lose •
his life, destruction would fall upon them all.—
By a well-timed presence; of mind, these three
persons got safely to one of the boats, and were.,
happy in once more gaining their vessels—an:
event which but a few minutes before was beyond
the reach of hope. Next morning, the 7th, a party
went- on shore with a considerable property, to
offer a ranson for the bodies of their
_late
companions—but, alas ! not one could be pro-
duced ; and the wretched cannibals replied to the
request, that they had been devoured .the night
before
All the persons whom we have already men-
tioned as living among . the natives of Bough
lost their lives in the melancholy contest, as did
also Mr. Norman and Mr. Cox, officers, Hugh
Evans, seamen, and a Lascar named Jonno, be-
longing to the vessel, in all fourteen persons.
The same day (the 7th) they left the dreadful
place, and kept company as far as the New He-
brides, where, they (the Hunter- and Elizabeth)
parted the 22d ult..
Captain Dillon's two remaining companions,
who escaped with him, were William Wilson and
Martin Bushart. If Bushart and the Lascar,
who also took :refuge on board the Hunterc
had returned to the island,:they, certainly would,
have been sacrificed, and under this impression
they besought :Captain Robson:. to giVe them a
passage to the first land he fell in with in the
prosecution of his voyage to • Canton. Having
finally left the Feejees on the 12th of September,
the Hunter made land on the 20th, which proV,
ed to be the island of Tdeeopeea, in lat. 12 de-
grees 15 min. south, .and, east. long." 169 degrees.
Here Bushart and the Lascar, with his wife, a
Fejee woman, requestetho be put Q'ti. shore, • and
they were according left, and the ship pursued her
voyage.
In 1826, returning from Valparaiso in the St.
Patrick, Captain-Dillon came in sight of Tye-
t-a)peea, and curiosity prompted hint to heave al.
the island, and -ascertain whether the persons left
there in 1813 were still alive. Both. Martin
Bushart and the li.;asear appeared—when an old
silver sword gitard, in the possession of the latter,
led to inquiries which terrnmatedin the discovery
of the retiques obtained from the wreck of Pe-
rouse's vessels on the coral reefS which surround
Maisicolo. Thus it is to the circumstance of
Bushart and the 'Lascar having escaped from the
massacre at the Feejee Wands, and being acei-
ilentally landed at Tuecopeea, that we are indebt-
ed for the information industriously collected by
Captain Dillon.