巡回检察组黄少下场

巡回检察组黄少下场　　They had no more to do then but to get into their boats, which, totheir great comfort, were pretty large; being their long-boat, anda great shallop, besides a small skiff, which was of no greatservice to them, other than to get some fresh water and provisionsinto her, after they had secured their lives from the fire. Theyhad, indeed, small hopes of their lives by getting into these boatsat that distance from any land; only, as they said, that they thusescaped from the fire, and there was a possibility that some shipmight happen to be at sea, and might take them in. They had sails,oars, and a compass; and had as much provision and water as, withsparing it so as to be next door to starving, might support themabout twelve days, in which, if they had no bad weather and nocontrary winds, the captain said he hoped he might get to the banksof Newfoundland, and might perhaps take some fish, to sustain themtill they might go on shore. But there were so many chancesagainst them in all these cases, such as storms,　　Our two men, as they confessed to me, were grieved to be obliged tokill so many poor creatures, who had no notion of their danger;yet, having them all thus in their power, and the first havingloaded his piece again, resolved to let fly both together amongthem; and singling out, by agreement, which to aim at, they shottogether, and killed, or very much wounded, four of them; thefifth, frightened even to death, though not hurt, fell with therest; so that our men, seeing them all fall together, thought theyhad killed them all.