"Yes, indeed, God be praised! - that monster might have been close to
them at the time that Juno took them into the water."

"He was not far off; I reckon," replied Ready. "We'll go down now and
tie the legs of the other four pigs, and bring them up; with what's
already in the boat they will be a good load."

As soon as the pigs were in the boat, Ready sculled it on shore, while
Mr. Seagrave and William brought up the goats and sheep ready for the
next trip. Ready soon returned. "Now this will be our last trip for
to-day, and, if I am any judge of the weather, our last trip for some
days; it is banking up very thick in the offing. This trip we'll be
able to put into the boat a bag of corn for the creatures, in case we
require it, and then we may say good-bye to the ship for a day or two
at least."

They then all got into the boat, which was very deeply laden, for the
corn was heavy, but they got safe on shore, although they leaked very
much. Having landed the goats and sheep, William led them up to the
tent, where they remained very quietly; the pigs had run away, and so
had the fowls.

"That's what I call a good day's work, Mr. Seagrave," said Ready; "the
little boat has done its duty well; but we must not venture in her
again until I have put her into a little better condition."

They were not at all sorry, after their hard day's work, to find that
Juno had prepared coffee for them; and while they were drinking it,
they narrated to Mrs. Seagrave the tragically death of the poor pig by
the shark. Poor Juno appeared quite frightened at the danger which the