"He is not disinclined to be communicative; but whether he speaks the truth or not is another question," said the doctor.  "He says that the vessel capsized was a Peruvian brig; that he and another man had a quarrel, in which he received two stabs; that soon after the brig was struck by a squall, and capsized; that one of the boats was uninjured, and that some dozen people escaped in her."