ade no reply when I had done. In fact the motion
of his eyes, as he looked at me, alone betrayed the fact that he was
flesh and blood.

We soon found that two boats were not to be had; that almost all the men
of the place were away deep-sea fishing, and would not be back for many
hours, and that when they did come back they would be so tired as to
require at least half a day's rest ere they could undertake so long a
journey with us. However, they sent a man off in a boat to search for
as many boatmen as could be found. He was away an hour. During this
period the few inhabitants who had turned out to see the steamer,
disappeared, and we were left alone on the beach. There was no inn
here; no one cared for us; every place seemed dirty with the exception
of one house, which had a very lonely and deserted aspect, so we did not
venture to disturb it.

In the course of time the messenger returned. No men were to be found
except three. This was not a sufficient crew for even one large boat--
we required two.

A feeling that we were homeless wanderers came over us now, and each,
seating himself or herself on a box or a portmanteau, began to meditate.
Seeing this, the three men coolly lay down to rest in the bow of their
boat, and, drawing a sail over them, were quickly sound asleep.

The act suggested the idea that we could not do better, so we placed two
portmanteaus end to end, and thus made a couch about six feet long. A
box, somewhat higher, placed at one end, served for a pillow, and on
this one of the ladies lay down, flat on her back of course, that being
the only possible position under the circumstances. A shawl was thrown
over her, and she went to sleep like an effigy on a tombstone.

Another of the ladies tried a similar couch; but as boxes of equal
height could not be found, her position was not enviable. The third
lady preferred an uneasy posture among the ribs and cordage of the boat,
and I lay down on the paving-stones of the quay, having found from
experience that, in the matter of beds, flatness is the most
indispensable of qualities, while hardness is not so awful as one might
suppose. Where my comrade the collegian went to I know not.

Presently one of the ladies got up and said that this would never do;
that the next day was Sunday, and that we were in duty bound to do our
best to reach the end of our journey on Saturday night. Thus
admonished, my comrade and I started up and resolved to be