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	the boats. Indeed, there was considerable diffi­culty in preserving his life from his comrades, who begged to be allowed to kill him. He gradually became better, but appeared depressed, fearing his probable fate might be to be killed as soon as he left the ship. On the tenth day he was allowed out for two hours for exercise, and then again ironed, but his comrades must have failed to tie him up securely, for that night, the ship being becalmed, and everybody asleep, he managed to get out of the boat, and, ironed as he was, picked up a 9 lb. hand lead, and struck Mr. Haynes on the forehead whilst asleep in a chair on deck, leaving him sense­less, covered with blood, and apparently dead, in which state he remained for six hours. The mad­man then attacked a Sooloo boy also asleep, but was secured before doing much further harm. The mate then took charge, and the ship was headed for Macassar, where she arrived four days later. Here Mr. Haynes was most hospitably cared for, and kindly tended by a Dutch gentleman for six weeks, and gradually becoming stronger, he re­covered his senses of taste and sight, which were temporarily lost. The outer table of the frontal bone was severely fractured, evidence of which will remain visible throughout life ; he experiences now but little inconvenience from the injury, beyond