Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress) Dlc
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Had it been a common burying-place, it would have been nothing. The single body corresponded well with the solitary character of everytiiing around. It was the only thing in California from which I could ever extract anything like poetry. Then, too, the man died far from home ; without a friend near him ; by poison, it was sus- pected, and no one to inquire into it ; and without proper funeral rites; the mate (as I was told), glad to have him out of the way, hurrying him up the hill and into th...e ground, without a word or a prayer. I looked anxiously for a boat, during the latter part of the afternoon, but none came; until toward sun-down ; when I saw a speck on the water, and as it drew near, I found it was Digitized byGoogk TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST 115 the gig, with the captain. The hides, then, were not to go oflf. The captain came up the hill, with a man, bringing my monkey jacket and a blanket. He looked pretty black.; but inquired whether I had enough to eat ; told me to make a house out of the hides, and keep myself warm, as I shouWR have to sleep there among them, and to keep good watch over them.
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