anage
to live.'

"He then bestowed his caresses on Snarley for having saved me. The sun
being bright and warm, we soon dried our clothes; but how we were to
exist was the next question, when we had eaten up our pig, who was
doomed quickly to die to satisfy our hunger. I had no fancy for raw
pork, although my companions were not so particular. Suddenly I
bethought me that before the wreck I put a tin box of matches in my
pocket to light my pipe. I felt for it. It was there; and although the
water had got in, I hoped that the sun would restore their efficiency.
I laid them out carefully on the rock, and sat down to watch them,
turning them over and over, while Rip set off to obtain fuel. Pieces of
driftwood strewed the shore; and some, during high tide, having been
thrown up to a distance from the water, were perfectly dry. Rip
discovered also plenty of moss and branches of the low shrubs which grew
in the hollows and level parts of the island. He had soon a sufficient
supply for a good fire. I looked anxiously at the matches. I was
afraid to strike one of them until I was certain that it was thoroughly
dry, as I should otherwise have knocked off the end. I selected one
from the middle of the box, which appeared never to have been wetted,
and getting into a sheltered place, I drew it along the side of the box.
To my great delight it ignited immediately; and leaving Rip to blow up
the fire, I replaced the other matches in the box, which I stowed
carefully away in my pocket. We had our knives, for I had got a large
one on board for cutting up tobacco. We both turned our eyes on poor
piggy, who was grubbing about near us, trying to find roots. In a
moment Rip sprang upon him, and before he could give two grunts and a
squeak he was turned into pork.

"We did not stop to singe him, but quickly had some steaks toasting
before the fire, while Snarley looked wistfully on, giving a hungry
sniff every now and then at piggy's carcase. It was somewhat lean, as
he had been on short commons in the boat.

"`Good dog, you deserve some food,' said Rip, giving Snarley certain
portions which I for one had no inclination to eat.

"While we were at our meal we saw a cask wash on shore. The pork had
excited our thirst, and Rip ran down, hoping to find water in it; but it
was empty. We looked about, trusting that the cask which had some still
remaining in it might be sent to us, but it was nowhere to be seen.

"`Patience,