class school, where she was taught all that was
fit for the child of a rich man to know. In course of time she could
ride a horse with some skill, and she then grew fond of most of the
field sports of the East. As the Captain had to go from place to place
with his troops, he thought that this kind of sport would train her for
the mode of life she would lead when she came to live with him. But this
was not to be, for one day he told Jane that he must leave the East,
and take home the troops. As it was a rule that no girl should sail in
a ship with troops on board, he left her to the care of a friend who was
to leave near the same time. He thought fit that she should dress in the
garb of a young man while at sea, as there would then be no need for
her to keep in her berth, and he knew that she was strong and brave, and
would like to go on deck, and see the crew at their work. It gave the
Captain pain to part with his child, but there was, no help for it.

The ship had been some weeks at sea, when one day a storm broke over
it, and the wind drove it for days out of its course. The crew did their
best to steer clear of the rocks, but she struck on a reef and sprung a
leak. The boats then put off from the wreck, but a wave broke over the
one in which Jane left, and she was borne, half dead with fright, to the
place where we found her. She had been thrown high up on the beach, and
though faint and sick, got out of the reach of the waves. She did not
know if those who were in the boat with her had lost their lives, but
she had seen no trace of them since.

When she had strength to walk, she found some birds' eggs and shell
fish, which she ate, and then went in search of some safe place where
she could rest for the night. By good chance she had a flint and a
knife; with these she set light to some dry twigs, and made a fire,
which she did not once let out till the day she left. Her life was at
first hard to bear, but she was full of hope that some day a ship would
come near the shore, to which she could make signs for help. The wild
sports of the East in which she took part had made her strong of limb,
and she had been taught to make light of such things as would vex most
of her sex.

She built a hut to sleep in, and made snares to catch birds. Some of
them she made use of for food, and some she let go with bits of cloth
tied to their legs, on which she wrote words, in the hope that they
might meet the eye of some one who cou