"The boat that brought these men to this rock can bring nineteen men and a woman to Fernando Noronha.

We must land there to-night.

With those to guide us who know the coast, surely that should be possible.

We have a right to struggle for our lives.

We, of the _Andromeda_, at least, have done no wrong to the cruel wretches who sought to kill us without mercy to-day.
Why should we not endeavor to defend ourselves?
There is food there, and guns in plenty.