ooked down, we saw the water foaming
round the trunk, and often it seemed as if it must be uprooted and sent
drifting down with the current.

Malcolm said that he felt very sleepy, and told me that if I would
undertake to hold him on, he would rest for a few minutes. I gladly
promised that I would do as he wished, but asked him how he could think
of sleeping while the tempest was raging round us.

"Why, Harry, we are as safe up here as on the ground," he answered, in
his usual sweet tone of voice, "God is still watching over us!"

I need scarcely say how tightly I held on to his clothes, trembling lest
he should fall. I felt no inclination to go to sleep, indeed I soon
found that I must have slept the greater part of the night, for before
Malcolm again opened his eyes, I observed the bright streaks of dawn
appearing over the distant hills in the east. Daylight quickly came on.
It was again perfectly calm, and on looking down, we could see the
blades of grass rising above the water. Malcolm woke up, saying that he
felt much better. Looking down below us, he said that he thought the
water had decreased since he went to sleep. He might have been right, I
could not tell. At that moment there was only one thing I thought of,
the pain I was suffering from hunger. "I shall die! I shall die!" I
exclaimed. Malcolm cheered me up.

"Help will come though we cannot now see how," he observed; "God will
protect us. Trust in Him."

Still I felt that I should die. It is very difficult to sustain gnawing
hunger, such as I then felt for the first time. I have no doubt that
Malcolm felt the same, but he was too brave to show it. Hour after hour
passed by; the water did not appear to be rising; the blades of grass
were still seen below us round the tree. I however felt that I could
not endure many more hours of suffering. "I must fall, indeed I must,"
I cried out over and over again. I should indeed have let go my hold,
had not my brave brother kept me up. Even he at last showed signs of
giving way, and spoke less encouragingly than before. He was silent for
some time. I saw him looking out eagerly, when he exclaimed--

"Cheer up, Harry, there is a canoe approaching; it will bring us help."

I gazed in the direction towards which he pointed. At first I could
only see a speck on the water. It grew larger and more distinct, till I
could see that it was certainly a canoe. Then we discovered that there
were two I