cliffs and hills I have described. On the top of the hillock
were four mounds, side by side, and at one end of each was seen a rough,
flat piece of wood, a rude substitute for a grave-stone. There were
names on them of Englishmen, and dates showing that they had died at
intervals of a month or two from one another.

Where were the survivors?--who had buried these men? was now the
question. A group of cocoa-nut trees, all that were on the island,
marked the spot. It was one selected with much taste. The discovery
induced us to persevere in our search. We wandered on for another hour,
turning in every direction; for so full of undulations was the island,
that we might easily have passed the very spot we were in search of. At
last we were again called together by a shout from Newman.

We found him standing before a rude hut erected in front of a cave,
which formed, indeed, a back apartment to it. There was only one rough
bed-place on one side of it, though there were several stools, and a
table in the centre. A seaman's chest stood open, and contained a few
articles of clothing. There were two muskets, and some powder-flasks
hung up against the wall; but there was no food, although an iron pot
and a saucepan, with a place where a fire had been made, showed that
provisions had at one time been cooked there. On a shelf there were
several books, both in English and in foreign languages, and above them
was a flute with a music-book. A few carpenter's tools were arranged on
another shelf. Several things showed that the place had last been
inhabited by a person of superior education. On opening the books, a
name was found in several of them. It was that of William Evans. Two
of them Newman discovered to be on medical subjects, which of course
made us conjecture that they had belonged to the surgeon of the ship.
The decayed state of the books showed that it was long since they had
been opened, and on a further examination of the hut, it also was found
to be in a very dilapidated condition. From the number of things left
in the hut, Captain Carr surmised that the last occupants must have left
the place very suddenly, if, indeed, they had left it at all. One thing
was certain, that we were not likely to find any of them on the island.

We were, therefore, on our return to the boats, when I saw the figure of
a man sitting, with his back to a rock, on a gentle slope, whence a view
could be obtained of the blue ocea