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up with stones and bushes, so that Eva should not be shocked by seeing
them.

The island was a very large one; and after marching some miles into the
interior, we came upon some cocoa-nut trees and plantains, among which
were some sago trees, from which we collected an abundant supply of
food. On our return along the coast, we found a high hill, on the top
of which we proposed to erect a flag-staff; and discovering a spring of
water near it, as also the means of building a hut, we resolved to take
up our quarters there, in the hopes of being seen by any passing ship.
Close to it, also, Kalong found a tree, which he and Hassan pronounced
well adapted to serve as the foundation of a canoe. It must be
remembered that we had no tools of any sort, except some clasp-knives,
and some boarding-spikes found in the junk; but they proposed forming
their hatchets and all their instruments out of flint stones and shells.
"Give us time," they answered, "and we will do it," when Blount and I
expressed a doubt of their success.

Having made the arrangements, we hastened back to the junk. We found
Eva standing on the highest part of the poop, and waving a handkerchief,
while she pointed eagerly seaward. I soon climbed up and joined her;
and there I beheld what was indeed sufficient to make my heart beat
quick with hope. About a mile off, having just rounded a headland,
appeared my own schooner, the _Fraulein_. The rocks before had
concealed her from our sight. Kalong and Hassan immediately recognised
her, and so, they declared, did Ungka, who seemed to share our agitation
and excitement. Such occurrences are difficult to describe. Our chief
aim was to attract her attention. To do this, our first thought was to
make a fire; so cutting away some dry wood from the junk, we formed a
pile of it on the rocks. We trusted that the smoke or the junk herself
would be observed. At first we thought she was standing away; then, to
our delight, we saw her shorten sail, and running closer inshore, she
dropped her anchor, and a boat was lowered. It pulled towards us;
Fairburn and Prior were in it. We rushed down to the rocks to meet
them. I need scarcely describe the rest. In another half hour I was on
board my own vessel, with my sweet sister in safety, and all the work
which at one time appeared so hopeless accomplished. There lay the
pirate vessel a wreck on the rocks, and near her the tombs of those who
had worked us so much mi