The Wandering Boy, Careless Sailor, and Result of Inconsideration - A True Narrative #260639

Frederick had got the raft under Way, and having impressed a ship belonging to a Malay king to help to tow the raft from the coast, had commenced his passage to Batavia. The king, being himself on board of his' ship, and finding himself gliding so far from the shore on to the bosom of the great water, began to be fearful, and begged Frederick to let him return home, but the raft was government property, and an officer 111 govern. Ment service in that country h oyer a native king. This raft Was strongly put together, composed Chiefly oflarge timber it was 100 feet long, about 60 broad, and 24 deep, 18 feet of it under Water; there was a house on it, and 100 men attached to it, with ten.