whether it was that this undulating tester rolled the savage away to far distant scenes, i know not, but he now spoke of his native island; and, eager to hear his history, i begged him to go on and tell it. he gladly complied. though at the time i but ill comprehended not a few of his words, yet subsequent disclosures, when i had become more familiar with his broken phraseology, now enable me to present the whole story such as it may prove in the mere skeleton i give.