The castaways went back to the bay, in the hope of at least finding the marines. Somehow, they resolved they would squeeze them onboard. As Campbell wrote, “We considered that if the boat sunk, we then should be free from the miserable life we led, and die all together.” Yet, except for a musket lying on the beach, there was no trace of them. They had undoubtedly perished, but where were their bodies?
