officers, and drive the crew and the marines overboard unless
they sabmitted and joined. These men, their guilt clearly
proved, were tied up, and had two hundred lashes each. After
this example we had no further trouble ; but this circumstance
procured George his freedom. He could not very well be sent
back among the convicts, who would have murdered him the mo-
ment he set foot among them. The captain of the marines, there-
fore, who was in charge of the convicts, consented that he should
be placed, being a good sailor, in the fo'ksle, and rated as an
able seaman. To this he was the more inclined as I had already
told my friend, the sergeant, something of his history, and how
it was from love and madness that he fell into trouble. So
George put off very willingly his convict garb, and continued
until the end of the voyage as a common sailor, and a most
handy, willing sailor he proved. From time to time, but not
often, I had private speech with him, and I found that, though
he bore his lot with fortitude, he no longer showed the cheer-
fulness which had marked his demeanor when he thought him-
self called upon to die for the sake of Sylvia. He now cursed
his own folly and the credulity which caused him to fall an
easy prey to the villain who compassed his destruction, whereas,
if he had possessed his soul in patience, Sylvia would have
returned to him, the fit of madness spent, his mistress and his
sweetheart once more.
