as
the boys will discover."

The run from Rescue to Wonder Island, would occupy, ordinarily, about
ten hours, of a complete day, and for that reason the start was made
early in the morning. Unity was about eight miles from the sea, on a
large stream, and it was desirable to make the run through the river by
daylight.

But shortly before noon a wind sprang up from the west, and it increased
in intensity, so that shortly after the noon hour they were compelled to
make a long tack to the south. This meant a night on board ship, and a
stormy one at that.

The wide, wide sea, without the sign of any land in sight was, indeed, a
fascinating thing to the natives, and how they admired the native
sailors with whom they readily fraternized. They watched every movement,
the taking down of the sails, the changing of the angles of the great
sheets, as they turned in their course, the handling of the tiller, and
all the paraphernalia of sailing, for the _Pioneer_ depended principally
on her sailing capacity, and not on the small engine with which she was
equipped.

The boys explained to Camma, that upon their return to the island a much
larger engine would be installed, so that they need not depend upon the
sails thereafter, but would be able then to sail directly through the
wind, instead of being blown back and forth, as was now the case.

The wind did not abate until the morning was breaking, and then there
was a welcome change in the direction that the storm was taking. Many of
the natives were ill, and John had the satisfaction of administering the
new and lately-discovered remedy, namely, Atropine.

Shortly after ten o'clock the eastern end of Wonder Island was sighted.
The great mountain range was visible, and the identical headland, where
the skull with the inscription was found, could be discerned through the
mild haze.

There was immense curiosity on board the ship as it skirted along the
shore. The Tuolo landing place was sighted, but they continued past it.
Two hours afterward they could plainly see the dock which had been
built for the use of Uraso's people, and an hour later Muro was just as
much interested to point out to Ephraim and Ta Babeda the landing
station of his tribe.

Immediately after luncheon, George, who was always on the alert, ran
through the vessel, with his field glass in hand, and announced that the
_Wonder_, the large steamship, which made trips to Chili, was coming up
in the distance, an