the arrival of the Formos particulars of the loss of the ill-fated steamer Dow are now obtainable, and though they are satisfactory in so faras they account for the disappearance of the crew and givetheassurance that no lives were lost, they tella sad tale of the treatment which those on board experienced at the hands of the piratical natives. It appears that the evening the steamer was lost the Ockseu group of islands were sighted, and though a fog afterwards came on the Captain, deeming his course safe to clear them, continued without abating speed, till about eight o'clock, when the steamer ran on the large island, and though she did so without any violent shock, maged herself so that the two for: compartments filled. Very soon after the voices of the natives were heard in the darkness, and as there was no armament with which to check their boarding, which was accepted as a certainty, it was decided abandon the vessel. Boats wore let down and the crew divided amongst them, and having secured a few necessary stores, the ship was left, The boats did not got very far from the wreck, however, before nunibers of piratical craft bore' down upon them, escape being impossible, as they had only oars. There was little to pillage, and the natives were obliged to satisfy themselves with the clothing, of which they stripped those in the boats, taking away also the stores, oars, rowlocks &e., and leaving the shipwrecked crew to drift helplessly. There being but one weapon
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