me of the men grumbled on being disturbed, as we turned
them round to take away their knives. We left the unloaded pistols,
which, as they had no powder, could do little harm. Having taken their
arms to our tents, we returned and awoke them, not without difficulty,
by shaking them and shouting in their ears. One after the other they
got up, lazily rubbing their eyes and stretching themselves, and staring
stupidly about them. The captain was one of the last to come to his
senses. He started when he saw the dead body of his companion.

"Who killed that man?" he exclaimed, in an anxious tone.

"You did, most probably," answered O'Carroll. "We heard shots fired and
found the man dead."

The captain felt in his pocket, and drew out a pistol with the hammer
down: it had been discharged. "Then I am a murderer!" he exclaimed, in
a tone of horror, his countenance expressing his feelings. "It wanted
but that to make up the measure of my crimes."

"It is but too true, I fear," said O'Carroll.

"Yes, too true, too true!" cried the captain, rushing off towards the
sea, into which he would have thrown himself, had not O'Carroll,
William, and I held him back. It was some time before we could calm him
sufficiently to leave him alone. He then went and sat down in the shade
at a little distance from his companions, who looked on at him with dull
apathy, while he gave way to the feelings which the prickings of his
awakened conscience had produced. How he and the mate had got possessed
of the pistols we could not guess, till we found the chest of one of the
emigrants, a young man, broken open, and from this they had helped
themselves. One of them soon after came for a spade which had been
landed, and we saw them hurriedly bury the corpse, as if eager to get
the silent witness of their crime out of sight. For the remainder of
the day they were perfectly quiet, the mate coming humbly when the
provisions were served out to ask for their share; still we could not
trust them, as we knew that if they could get at more liquor, they would
very quickly again be drunk. In the evening, indeed, they were seen
walking along the beach, evidently watching for the chance of another
cask being washed on shore. They did not find one, however, and the
next morning were excessively sulky, keeping together and evidently
plotting mischief. They, with the rest of us, were aroused, however,
soon after breakfast by the appearance of a sail in t