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Title: A Narrative of the Shipwreck, Captivity and Sufferings of Horace Holden and Benj. H. Nute
Who were cast away in the American ship Mentor, on the
Pelew Islands, in the year 1832; and for two years
afterwards were subjected to unheard of sufferings among
the barbarous inhabitants of Lord North's island

Author: Horace Holden

Release Date: April 16, 2010 [EBook #32012]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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A NARRATIVE

OF THE

SHIPWRECK,

CAPTIVITY AND SUFFERINGS

OF

HORACE HOLDEN AND BENJ. H. NUTE;

WHO WERE CAST AWAY IN THE

AMERICAN SHIP MENTOR,

ON THE

PELEW ISLANDS,

IN THE YEAR 1832;

_AND FOR TWO YEARS AFTERWARDS WERE SUBJECTED TO
UNHEARD OF SUFFERINGS AMONG THE BARBAROUS
INHABITANTS OF_

LORD NORTH'S ISLAND.

BY HORACE HOLDEN.

BOSTON:
RUSSELL, SHATTUCK, AND CO.
1836.

ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1836,
BY HORACE HOLDEN.
IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS.

STEREOTYPED BY
SHEPARD, OLIVER, AND CO.

TO

JOHN PICKERING, ESQ.

Of Boston,

AND TO

WILLIAM R. RODMAN, ESQ.

Of New Bedford,

To whom the author is under the greatest obligations
for their countenance and assistance,
this little work is gratefully
INSCRIBED

[Illustration: DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESS OF TATTOOING.]

PREFACE.

The islands now known by geographers under the general name of
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