One case I remember, in which an English sailor, one out of nine, attempted to get away.

He was captured and killed at once, and his eight companions were all hung.

So you see, even if one of the captives sees a chance of escape, he does not take it, because of the consequences that would fall upon his companions." "It is horrible," Dick said, "and I can quite understand why so few escape.

The question for me, now, is whether there are any prisoners kept in dungeons here." "Not here, I think.

Tippoo's policy is to make all his captives useful, and though one might be ironed and confined for a time, I do not think that any are so kept, permanently, here.