as inconsistent, to entrust arms for the protection of society, to the hands of those whom society has itself rejected from its bosom; that it implies a contradiction to require courage, generosity, and that devotedness which commands a noble heart to sacrifice itself for its country and fellow creatures, from wretches branded, degraded by corruption, in whom every moral energy is destroyed, or eternally compressed by the weight of the indelible opprobrium which renders them aliens to their country, which separates them for ever from the rest of mankind.

We soon had on board our raft a fresh proof of the impossibility of depending on the permanence of any honorable sentiment in the hearts of beings of this description.

Thinking that order was restored, we had returned to our post at the center of the raft, only we took the precaution to retain our arms.  It was nearly midnight:  after an hours apparent tranquillity, the soldiers rose again:  their senses were entirely deranged; they rushed upon us like madmen, with their knives or sabres in their hands.  As they were in full possession of their bodily strength, and were also armed, we were forced again to put ourselves on our defence.  Their revolt was the more dangerous, as in their delirium they were entirely deaf to the cries of reason.  They attacked us; we charged them in our turn, and soon the raft was covered with their dead bodies.  Those among our adversaries who had no arms, attempted to tear us with their teeth; several of us were cruelly bitten; Mr. Savigny was himself bitten in the legs and the shoulder; he received also a wound with a knife in his right arm which deprived him, for a long time, of the use of the fourth and little fingers of that hand; many others were wounded; our clothes were pierced in many places by knives and sabres.  One of our workmen was also seized by four of the mutineers, who were going to throw him into the sea.  One of them had seized him by the right leg, and was biting him cruelly in the sinew above the heel.  The others were beating him severely with their sabres and the but end of their carbines; his cries made us fly to his aid.  On this occasion, the brave Lavillette, ex-serjeant of the artillery on foot, of the old guard, behaved with courage worthy of the highest praise:  we rushed on these desperadoes, after the example of Mr. Correard, and soon rescued the workman from the danger which threatened him.  A few moments after, the mutineers, in another charge, seized on the sub-lieutenant Lozach, whom they took, in their delirium, for Lieutenant Danglas, of whom we have spoken above, and who had abandoned the raft when we were on the point of putting off from the frigate.  The soldiers, in general, bore much ill will to this officer, who had seen little service, and whom they reproached with having treated them harshly while they were in garrison in the Isle of Rhe.  It would have been a favorable opportunity for them to satiate their rage upon him, and the thirst of vengeance