Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-09
An Encoun,cr with rirn,es.

a AilpSIan n N hoard Rrot, ~,
a 'o"n7 ""'oi'" 9''ioi oh po"'u the hIehleh
bark COrlolan glyer the following account:
con Monday, the 18th of February, 1872. at
A. NJ, we raised the anchor and left the Rom
bav harbor with a moderate breeze blowino
The pilot left US at 3 O'Clock p. NJ. Our passaTe
over the nineteen degrees which separate Bonn
bav from the line lasted one and n half months
as for weeks we had the most tedions caIms
We kent always abopt one dpgree from tbc
coast. and had reached the tenth degree of Ieti
tudc when. one NIGHT. our attention was attract
cd by three 'dscbunken.5 which looked some
what suspicious. The captain at once fool,
them for piraies As however there was n
steady breeze blowing we hoppd to effect orr
escape Unfortunately in the mornino the wind
died away hut Of the thrce boafs ont ono W.
NAMED within sipht. which. however ursdnaiIv
| crept no to us, as we could see thr6n@h nnr
| GLASS il was moved by lone oars. II then he
| came annarpnt that a AUht yyould he unavoid-
| able. and our captain made Mt once tho necas-
| sarv presentations for it,
| IA we had come bv WOW of NTonteyidoo .,
| Bombay. we had no cannon not even a sinrle
| Gun on board. the captain'S small si,-harrnIIad
| revolver beng the only thine IN the shane NJ
| arms we possessed. As we numbered ali
| hands told only eighteen, and each of The en-
| emy's boats contained about four times as many
our nrosnects were verv gloor,v indnad G. "a,
we could only see one boat. The other two heinz
| out of SIGHT, If was abont two o'clorl, p NJ
| when the first boat came within shooting die.
| lance, and kent astern of MS. evidently WAITING
| for the two other boats to come up They had
not long to wait, for through the glass we could
| see that one was cominu nm in front of ne ond
| the other two from the starboard side. The one
| that had kent astern now opened fire unon ms
| which however did us no harm evcent thai
| our compass box was damaged. and few Shots
| went info the RIGGING.
| an the meantime fbe hoat cnninr ,,eerar and
| nearer the captain had ordered the dpcl, 10 he
| covered with boiled tar. and while this rp.
| manned Iinuid we had studded il with hrol,nn
| glass. OF conrSe we had then to nuf on boofs
| ourselves to avoid HAVING orr feet ont what
| the captain foresaw happened. for when after
| the first boat had come ALONGSIDE fhe nirates
| boarded the shin. crying. Allah. Ailabp and
came rushing toward us, they broke down as
| they had their feet Iacerated nv the 0iass When
| the captain looked over tbc side to soc bou-
| many might be i'm the boat nuite a shower nj
| spears went over our heads. Ten of MS. among
| whom was. had hatchets while the Others nod
hand-axes: we had divided our force one.haIf
| forward, the Other amidsbips If the nevt
| moment we were rirbt amonu thpn, and tho
most horrid bufcbery BEGAN In the meantime
| the second boat had come near and nlocad iteeIf
under onr how. from, tho cr;oe NO Loori ~
| knew that there also a band-to-bond 6gpt
| had commenced with orr men or onr diri-
| sion only four were left standing ana Of ,bo
one fgbting forward only siy"aiI bovyay I,l
| more or less dangerously wounded I was snf
| feriuu from a smear WOund in the left ehouI1ar
"Siowlv. and fipbtinr every inch Of eronnd
we Withdrew towards tbe stern where We mad,
barricades of our boats, while the NaIavs crt
off the heads of the deod fled thnnn toTetIer nv.
the hair and hung them over their s6onlderS
The captain was scnding shot after shot into he
crowd We were well ni@b desnairing for Jybat
would become of ms when the tbird hoat ,yonid
arrive? Then. when rhe clopd Of smoke ,,as
| driven away bv a Sudden pust of wind t,c u,aro
| DELIGHTED TO see n steamer cominc nm which a
| moment Afterwards opened fire. nna9 the third
boat. which sunk after a few shots The nirotes
ium1ed into fine wafer and tried IN sa,,a ti,on,
selves bv swimming: but we saw that the boats
from the steamer were lowered and hecan y
chase after them. while tbe steamer itseI2 como
on fun speed towards ms. Al soon as vve sn ~
this we bickpd mn couragc aoain and ,.itb n
fhunderinr hnrraR we threw onpseves "i omc :"
more upon the pirates. who still remained on
board. and cut down whoever came in onr yav
Ithen received another wound in NV ri,bt am,
The steamer (Which mrned ont to he an Fnghsb
eunboat carving six nunsl had oyerron The
boat living under our how. tbe same havin~ beon
left unguartled. and then went alon@s5e thn
other one. the occupants of which were also
mostly ON board of our shin. The few that waro