nd and plotting brain,
No fear of future wrong is left."

The sense of surrounding danger with which we laid down that night upon
our beds of fern beneath the Aoa, continued to press darkly upon our
minds even in sleep, and awake us at an early hour to confront anew, the
perplexities and terrors of our situation.

Arthur, in whose better understanding of the habits and character of the
savages we confided, far from affording us any additional encouragement,
spoke in a manner calculated to overthrow the very hopes, upon which we
had been resting.

We had supposed that they could have no motive but the desire of
revenge, for seeking or molesting us, and as none of their number had
been killed, or in all probability even dangerously injured in the
rencontre with us, we trusted that this motive would not prove strong
enough to incite them to any earnest or long-continued search. But
Arthur hinted at another object, more controlling in the mind of their
strange leader than any desire to prosecute a petty revenge, which would
impel him to seek for and pursue us, for the purpose of getting Eiulo
again into his power. This enmity--so fixed and implacable--against a
mere child, seemed incredible, even after all that had been said or
suggested in explanation of it, and the explanations themselves were
far-fetched, and almost destitute of plausibility.

And how could we hope to escape a pursuit so determined and persevering
as Arthur anticipated? Whither could we flee for safety? To think of
successful resistance to Atollo and his band, if discovered by them,
seemed idle. Max suggested Palm-Islet as the most secure retreat with
which we were acquainted. But Arthur now broached a more startling
plan. "Nowhere upon this island," said he, "can we longer consider
ourselves secure. The only step that holds out any prospect of safety
is to leave it in the yawl, and sail for Tewa."

"Is there any certainty," said Browne, "that we can find it? Do we even
know positively where, or in what direction from this place it is; and
shall we not incur the risk of getting lost again at sea?"

"I would rather take that risk," said Max, "than remain here, within
reach of these savages--any thing is preferable to falling into their
power."

"I confess," said Arthur, "that we know nothing certainly in regard to
the distance, or even the direction of Tewa, but I think we have good
reason to believe that it lies about forty or fifty mi