for those who left us to die on the wreck?"

"Well, I will tell you," said I. "First, we should do to them as we
would wish them to do to us, not as they have done; next, we know that
they took no food with them, and we should not leave them to starve;
and last, it may be that they can help us, though now they stand more
in need of our aid."

The boys were soon up, and we all sat down to a good meal. That done,
Fritz and I got our guns. I put a pair of small arms in his belt. gave
him a game bag, and told him to take an axe. I took some food for us
both, and a full flask, out of which we could drink if we should stray
far from a stream.

When we took our leave, my wife and the three boys were in tears. The
dog Bill we left to guard the tent, but Turk went with us, and ran by
our side.

We soon got to the banks of a stream; but then had to make our way down
its course. It took us some time to reach the sea shore. There was not
a boat to be seen, or any sign that the ship's crew had found the land.
We left the shore, and went through a wood full of tall trees. Here
Fritz struck some hard thing on the ground with his foot, which we
found to be a CO-COA NUT. He gave it a blow with his axe, and broke the
shell, and we both sat down to rest, and eat the nut.

At the end of the wood we came to a plain which gave us a clear view of
the place. Fritz, who was on the look out, ran off with Turk to some
strange trees that he saw on the right.