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where they were going; but he was so taken up with what the mate had to say, that he did not turn the helm, but kept in the same course. In a few minutes crash went the ship upon the rocks, and all was gone. The passengers and crew were thrown into the sea. The sky be- came covered with clouds. The sun hid itself, and there was a great storm. The crew were not drowned: they all reached the shore of the dangerous island. They were hardly landed when the savage natives came down upon them, seized them, put heavy chains upon them, and marched them off to prison. And what was their