antly revived me. I gave
Maud some more, and then offered the cup to Abela. Those of the crew
who could move crawled towards the cask. The young seaman poured it out
from the cask into their hands, that they might obtain it sooner. I
remember thinking it a fearful waste that any of the precious liquid
should be spilled. Not till all the rest had received some water would
Mr Norton take the cup which the mate offered him.

"Now, young ladies, the sooner we get you on board, where our captain
and his good wife will look after you, the better," exclaimed the mate,
as he offered to carry us to the boat. I begged that Abela might be
brought with us. He lifted me up in his arms as if I had been a
feather, and others followed, with Maud and Abela. Mr Norton had
scarcely strength to reach the boat. I explained that Tofa was a
chief's son, and that having rendered us great service, I begged that he
might be treated with attention.

In a few minutes we were on board the "True Love," and in Captain
Hudson's cabin, under the care of his kind motherly wife. She almost
shed tears as she saw us; Maud especially excited her sympathy.

"Poor dear child, she could not have lasted another hour, and she now
will require all the care we can bestow on her. And we must look after
you too," she added, addressing me. "I wonder you have held out so
well. You must tell me all about it by-and-by. You are too weak to
talk now. I cannot get a word out of any one else--not even from the
young Englishman. He fainted on reaching the deck, and my husband is
attending to him; but you need not be alarmed, he will come round in
time."

I inquired for Abela.

"The native woman is in one of the mate's cabins. I will go and attend
to her directly, and all the rest who are alive are safe on board; but
five or six of the poor Indians were dead, I am told, before they could
be lifted from the deck of the canoe."

I grieved much to hear this, for I had entertained hopes that all when
brought under Christian instruction would have accepted the truth; but
God's ways are inscrutable--we only know that they are just and right.

Soon after Mrs Hudson had placed me in bed, I sank into a state of
almost insensibility, and was conscious only that I was attended by a
kind hand. I could neither speak nor think, and knew not to what place
the ship was carrying us. My first inquiry on coming to myself, when I
saw Mrs Hudson standing over me, was fo