Now Friday，says I，laying down the discharg'd Pieces，and taking up the Musket，which was yet loaden；follow me，says I，which he did，with a great deal of Courage；upon which I rush'd out of the Wood，and shew'd my self，and Friday close at my Foot；as soon as I perceiv'd they saw me，I shouted as loud as I could，and bad Friday do so too；and running as fast as I could，which by the way，was not very fast，being loaden with Arms as I was，I made directly towards the poor Victim，who was，as I said，lying upon the Beach，or Shore，between the Place where they sat，and the Sea；the two Butchers who were just going to work with him，had left him，at the Suprize of our first Fire，and fled in a terrible Fright，to the Sea Side，and had jump'd into a Canoe，and three more of the rest made the same way；I turn'd to Friday，and bid him step forwards，and fire at them；he understood me immediately，and running about forty Yards，to be near them，he shot at them，and I thought he had kill'd them all；for I see them all fall of a Heap into the Boat；though I saw two of them up again quickly：However，he kill'd two of them，and wounded the third；so that he lay down in the Bottom of the Boat，as if he had been dead.
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