Chapter 33 36.cannibal coast

The next day, January 27, the passengers of the Macquarie boarded the ship and lived in cramped cabins.The owner did not give up his room to the female guest, and it was not clean. At exactly 12 o'clock, the ship weighed anchor due to low tide.With a mild southwesterly wind, the sails were pulled up.Wilson wants to help the five crew members, but Halle turns him down. Now that the owner of the ship has made such a statement, he has no choice but to stay out of trouble. At this time, the five crew members hoisted the sail amidst the owner's scolding.The Mercalli has set up its ocean-going airs, with low sails, foresails, topsails, schooners, and touchsails.Added many small sails and jibs.Its bloated bow, wide bottom and heavy stern make it a typical "old duck" slow boat.

Despite this, the ship can sail into the port of Oakland in at most six days without accidents. At seven o'clock in the evening the permanent lighthouses of the Australian coast and Eden Harbor were out of sight.The waves were quite big, and the ship moved very slowly; the turbulence was severe, and the passengers stayed in the cabin in a well-behaved manner, as if they were in a prison. Everyone is thinking.Very few people spoke.Glenarvan could not sit still, and walked up and down, while the major remained motionless.Mengele came to the deck from time to time to observe the wind and waves.Robert followed.As for the geographer, he muttered alone in a corner, not knowing what to say.

What is he thinking?He was thinking of New Zealand, where fate had sent him.He was reminded of New Zealand's history. In the history of New Zealand, have the two islands of New Zealand been regarded as the mainland?He was thinking about the explanation of the document. "Contin, contin..." he kept saying, "this word means continent!" He thought about how those navigators had discovered the two large islands. It was December 13, 1642. After the Dutchman Tasman discovered the position of Vendimen, on the 17th, the ship sailed into a large bay, which ended in a strait, sandwiched between two islands.

North Island "Yikana Mawei", which is a native language, means "fish of Mawei".The name of the South Island is "Mahaipu Namu", which means "the whale that produces green jade". Tasman sent some skiffs ashore and brought back two canoes with some rowdy natives in them.Both were of medium build, brown skinned, bony, with stern voices, and black hair coiled on top of their heads with a large, long white feather. A first meeting between a European and a native seems to create a lasting friendship.But the next day, when one of Tasman's boats was exploring the nearby coast for anchorage, seven canoes full of natives attacked the boat.The bosun took a shot in the throat and jumped overboard for his life.Four of the remaining six were killed, and the remaining two escaped with the boatswain.

After this, Tasman retaliated with a few shots and quickly sailed away.The bay is still called Slaughter Bay.Tasman traveled northward along the west coast of Slaughter Bay and moored near North Cape on January 5.The waves here are fierce and the people are fierce, and he is not allowed to go ashore to get fresh water; he decided to leave this land and named it Statenland, which translates as "Sanmin Land" and named it in memory of the "Three People's Meeting" at that time. He also thought he had discovered a "continent" in the southern part of South America. "But," thought the geographer, "a sailor in the seventeenth century might have mistaken New Zealand for the Continent, but a sailor in the nineteenth would never do that! To say that Captain Grant made a mistake is incomprehensible!"

In the 100 years after the Tasman, New Zealand seemed to have ceased to exist. Later, a French navigator, Xu Erwei, discovered this piece of land at 35 degrees 37 minutes south latitude.Xu Erwei's boat was stolen, and he set fire to a village. On October 6, 1769, the famous Captain Cook used small favors to buy and sell the aborigines, and used crackers to keep them honest. In 1773 the great sailor came to Hawke's Bay again, and this time he witnessed cannibalism. In March 1827, the captain of the Astrolabo, the famous Jumon Juville, spent several nights on land with the natives without weapons. Not only did he not get hurt, but he exchanged gifts with the natives, Learned native songs and measured useful maps.

From the above-mentioned contradictions, from the behavior of the natives who are sometimes kind and sometimes brutal, we can draw a conclusion that most of the cruel behaviors of the New Zealanders are revenge.They treat people well or badly according to how good or bad the captain is.An Englishman named El, who has traveled around the world countless times, is a wandering scientist.He went to these two islands, saw them cannibalizing human flesh, saw New Zealanders devouring each other. In 1831, in the Bay of Islands, Captain Rabs also saw this kind of tragedy of natives eating natives.The fighting experience of the natives is much worse, and the savages already know how to use firearms, and use them with great accuracy.Some tribes were wiped out entirely.

New Zealanders can resist and defend themselves, and their hatred of invaders drives them to fight against British immigrants. Paganel recalled the whole history of New Zealand in this way, and the more he thought about it, the more his brain boiled.However, there is nothing in the whole history that allows him to add the name of "mainland" to the place formed by the two islands, but the word contin stubbornly blocks his thinking, so that he still can't think of a new explanation. On January 31, it had been four days since the ship sailed, and the Macquarie had not yet traveled two-thirds of its way in the narrow ocean between Australia and New Zealand.Captain Halley seldom asked about matters aboard: he let the sailors have their way.The rough fellow was always getting drunk with barley or brandy, and the sailors followed suit, and the Mercalli was left to its fate.

This dereliction of duty forced Mengele to take care of him.More than once, the boat flashed and almost capsized, and Murady and Wilson fought to straighten the tiller.The owner of the ship sometimes interfered and even swore.They had to be patient.They demanded that the drunk be tied up and thrown under the helm, but Mengele stopped them. Even so, Menger was still apprehensive about the ship's situation; however, so as not to disturb Glenarvan, he only mentioned it behind his back to the major and Paganel.McNabbs gave him the same idea as Murady and Wilson, but the wording was different.

"If you see any advantage in doing so, John," said MacNabbs, "you should not hesitate to assume command of the ship, or, if you prefer not to, you Just take charge of the boat. The drunkard, after we disembark in Oakland, let him be his master as usual, and then let him capsize if he likes to capsize." "Certainly, Mr. McNabbs," replied John, "I will have to do as you say, if it is absolutely necessary. For the present, we will take care of it." "Can't you pilot the port yourself?" asked Paganel. "It's difficult," John replied. "Not even a nautical map on board!"

"Really?" "Really. The guy Harley's been too used to running around here, he doesn't need to figure out the course at all." "He must have thought," said Paganel, "that his ship knew its way itself, and that no one wanted to know its way." "Heh, huh, if Harley doesn't wake up when he's near land, he's going to give us a hard time." "Hopefully he'll wake up then," Paganel said. "That being said," asked MacNabbs, "couldn't you take the Macquarie to Oakland if necessary?" "Without the map of the coast, it would be impossible. The reefs are several meters below the water. No matter how strong a ship is, as soon as the keel touches it, it will be finished." "Is there no other way for the people on board to climb ashore once the ship is over?" asked the major. "You mean those Maori on the coast are tough, don't you, Mr. Paganel?" Mengele asked. "Yes, my friend, the Maori are intelligent, murderous, and fond of cannibalism." "So," asked the major, "if Captain Grant's shipwrecked off the coast of New Zealand, you'd be dissuading people from looking for it." already?" "You can find it along the coast," said Paganel, "and God bless us never to fall into the hands of these cruel natives!" According to the custom of the Maori people, it is an honor to wash away insults with blood.In such a country, Taguli naturally couldn't forget the humiliation his tribe suffered last time.He waited patiently for the European ship to come to take revenge, and he actually realized his plan of revenge. He first feigned fear towards the French, and everywhere the natives came to welcome them unarmed, in an attempt to win their absolute confidence. Captain Malloron lay at anchor in the Bay of Islands to change the masts of the Catley, some of which had been badly damaged by recent storms.Therefore, he went back to the interior to look for wood. On May 22, at a distance of 2 kilometers from the coast, he found a forest full of tall cypress trees. There was a small bay near the forest, 1 kilometer from their boat. . Set up a field.Two-thirds of the crew were sent there with axes and tools to cut down trees and cut a way to the creek.In addition, two bases were selected on Maotu Aluo Island in the center of the harbor, where the patients on board, blacksmiths, and coopers were all located. The other base was on land, on the shore of the ocean, one and a half kilometers away from the ship. Many strong and pleasant natives work for the sailors. stop here.Captain Ma Lirong did not completely ignore his guard.The natives had no weapons, and the ships sent their canoes ashore, often fully armed.The behavior of the natives confused them, and they disarmed. Captain Krause tried to persuade Ma Lirong to take back his order, but was refused. From then on, the New Zealanders became more attentive, and they got along very closely with the officials on board.When Ma Lirong came to land for an official visit, all the natives respected him as the great chief, and put four white feathers in his hair to show their reverence. 33 days.The mast building was good; the ship's reservoir was filled with fresh water on Moshiaro Island. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon on June 12, the Malirong boat was ready.Go fishing at the foot of the village of Taguli as scheduled.He boarded the ship and took with him two officers, Frederick and Lew, a volunteer, an instructor, and 12 sailors.Taguli and five other chiefs accompanied him. The boat rowed to land. In the evening, Captain Ma Lirong did not come back. The next day, the Catley went to Maturo Island to fill with fresh water.It encountered no accident and rowed back as usual. At 9 o'clock, the sailors on duty on the Masgaran rescued a man who had no strength at all. It turned out that this person was Turney, a sailor brought by Captain Ma Lirong.He was stabbed twice in the waist by an iron spear and was injured. Among the 17 people, he was the only one who escaped back. The unfortunate boat was at seven o'clock in the morning at the edge of the village.The natives greeted the guests happily, and the natives carried the guests ashore.After that, the French dispersed separately.Immediately, many natives came running towards them with long spears and wooden clubs. Ten out of ten beat one of them, and they all died.Only the sailor Turney, stabbed twice in the waist, escaped from the enemy and hid in the bushes.When the natives were not on guard, they ran into the sea. The incident terrified the crew of both helms.A cry of revenge sounded.But the people in the three strongholds on the shore must be rescued first. Captain Krautzer spent the night at the carpentry yesterday.He hadn't returned yet, and the chief officer, Gucremore, took emergency measures on his behalf.The Masgalan's canoe was sent out with an officer and a troop of soldiers.Go to the rescue of the woodworkers.Advancing along the coast they found Captain Malloron's ship, and disembarked there. Captain Krause, as has been said, was not on board at the time and knew nothing of the massacre.At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, he suddenly saw a group of soldiers, and he immediately felt that something was wrong.He went forward to meet him, only then did he know the real situation.In order not to alarm the partners.He forbade breaking the news to them. At that time, the barbarians occupied all the highlands.Captain Krause ordered the tools to be dismantled, the secondary ones buried, the work shed burned, and he retreated with 60 men. The natives chased after him, shouting: "Taguli has killed Ma Lirong!" The sailor wanted to take revenge, but Klauzer stopped him.When they reached the coast and boarded the boat, about 1,000 soldiers were sitting on the ground, motionless.As soon as the big boat sailed into the sea, the stones rained down, and four sailors shot the shore, killing the chief of the natives. Captain Krautzer boarded the Masgaran, and immediately sent a large canoe to the island of Matuaro, where a detachment of soldiers was stationed for the night, and the sick returned to the warship. The next day, another team of soldiers came to the island to increase defense.The French attacked the village, and all six chiefs were killed.Fresh water continues to be replenished. Finally, everything is done.All that remained was to scout out whether any of the sixteen were still alive, and to avenge the dead.So a large boat carried many soldiers to Taguli's village.The vicious and cowardly chief fled.Captain Ma Lirong's coat was still draped over his shoulders.In Tagulli's house, a freshly burnt skull was found with teeth marks on it; there was also a human leg worn on a wooden skewer; another stiff-collared shirt, covered in blood, belonged to Ma Lirong; There were also some clothes, Frederick's pistol, the coat of arms of the boat, and some tattered strips of cloth.In another village, many people's intestines were found, all washed and cooked. After collecting the evidence of murder and cannibalism, the remains were respectfully buried; then the village was set on fire. On July 14, 1772, two warships left this miserable Danhai area. New Zealanders have always been unfaithful and like to eat people.Cook confirmed this on his second trip to New Zealand in 1773. Cook's experience is as follows: On December 17, a Chuanchang under his command and commanded by Captain Vono set off a large boat to land, with the purpose of collecting some weeds.The boat never came back.A second lieutenant and nine seamen went ashore.Captain Verno was very worried, so he sent Lieutenant Bonet to find them.Bo Nei arrived at the place where the boat landed.According to Bonet's report, "It is horrific to tell about a scene of carnage and barbarism; the heads, intestines, and lungs of several of our companions were scattered on the sand, and several dogs were devouring them." Before closing this bloody record, we should also mention the attack of the Brother by the New Zealanders in 1815 and the murder of the entire crew of the Boyd under Sampson in 1820.Finally, on March 1, 1892, the chief of Vajita, Analaro, robbed the British brig Howth in Sydney. The natives in his hands killed several sailors and boiled the bodies. cooked and eaten. This man-eating coast of New Zealand is where the Macquarie, commanded by a drunk and piloted by a fool, is going!