▁and ▁land ed ▁in ▁Br is b ane ▁suffering ▁from ▁mal aria ▁just ▁under ▁seven ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁murder . ▁ ▁By ▁late ▁March ▁he ▁had ▁made ▁his ▁way ▁down ▁to ▁Sydney . ▁ ▁By ▁August ▁ 1 9 0 8 ▁We aver ▁had ▁organ ised ▁a ▁synd icate ▁of ▁ten ▁men ▁who ▁had ▁committed ▁to ▁pay ing ▁£ 1 0 0 ▁each ▁to ▁char ter ▁a ▁vessel ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁Mal ait a ▁Island ▁in ▁the ▁Sol om ons , ▁partly ▁for ▁tre asure ▁and ▁partly ▁to ▁look ▁for ▁min er als ▁that ▁Captain ▁We aver ▁said ▁he ▁knew ▁to ▁exist . ▁ ▁The ▁Whe ats he af ▁was ▁chart ed ▁and ▁We aver ▁represented ▁himself ▁as ▁head ▁chief ▁or ▁king ▁of ▁the ▁island . ▁Upon ▁reaching ▁the ▁Sol om ons ▁the ▁vessel ▁went ▁to ▁A ola , ▁ ▁then ▁to ▁Tul agi , ▁the ▁seat ▁of ▁government , ▁and ▁Wood ford ▁plant ation . ▁They ▁went ▁from ▁there ▁to ▁Ma ul ulu , ▁Mar ib o , ▁and ▁Sa o . ▁Here ▁We aver ▁had ▁some ▁trouble ▁with ▁the ▁n atives . ▁We aver ▁indicated ▁to ▁his ▁invest ors ▁that ▁there ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁great ▁earth qu ake ▁which ▁had ▁alter ed ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁the ▁island , ▁and ▁that ▁his ▁great ▁friend ▁the ▁previous ▁chief ▁had ▁been ▁dead ▁for ▁two ▁years . ▁ ▁A ▁meeting ▁amongst ▁the ▁invest ors ▁was ▁held , ▁and ▁as ▁the ▁result ▁Captain ▁We aver ▁was ▁told ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁no ▁confidence ▁in ▁him ; ▁thus