nly not. That is the very thing that we mus'n't do. For
anything we know, there may be natives about; and some of us might
get stuck full of their arrows before we could get out of range.
This will be good news, and there will be no longer any need for
your being kept on short allowance of water."

At ten o'clock the boat re-entered the inlet, and lowered sail by
the side of the brig.

"You have been successful, I suppose, by your coming back so soon,
Mr. Eden?" the captain said, when they were within easy hail.

"Yes, sir. There is a small stream, about seven miles from here."

"That is very satisfactory. Now you can come on board. There is
plenty of work for all hands."

Everyone, indeed, was busy in repairing damages. The carpenters
were engaged upon the bulwarks and the stern, which had been much
damaged by the wave that had lifted them over the bar. As there
were not sufficient planks on board for this work, canvas was
utilized for filling up the gaps in the bulwarks; and this, after
being nailed to temporary stanchions, was coated with pitch. All
hands worked cheerfully. The change of diet already benefited them,
and the news that there was plenty of fresh water near enabled the
remaining supply to be freely used--a matter of no slight
consequence, to men working in the broiling sun.

Two days later the work was finished and, on the following morning,
the anchors were weighed and the sails shaken out; and the brig
left the inlet that had saved them from destruction and, after
sailing out to sea a couple of miles, came about and laid her
course for the mouth of the stream.

The fishing had been continued, without intermission. Watches had
again been set, and the work of attending to the lines was very
welcome, as helping to pass away the four hours of darkness. By the
time they left the inlet, a sufficient quantity had been salted
down to last the ship's company for a week, without recourse to the
salt-meat casks.

The carpenter, with three or four assistants, had patched up the
second cutter--the boat that had been least injured. The others had
been broken up for firewood, some of the pieces being reserved for
the repairs of the cutter.

As soon as the brig reached the mouth of the stream she was
anchored, two hundred yards off the shore. The water barrels had
already been got up on deck, and some of these were lowered into
the first cutter, of which Mr. Hardy took the command. It was not
deemed advis