drank the milk, made sweet with the juice of the canes. I must tell you
that we ate our food in great state from our gourd rind plates, which
my wife said she should prize more than if they were made of pure gold.

That night the ape went to bed with Jack and Fritz, and we all slept in
peace till the cocks on the roof of the tent woke us up.

Next day Fritz and I went back to the wreck to save the live stock, and
get what else we had left that might be of use to us. We found it no
light task, for we had to make floats for the cow, the ass, the sheep,
and the goats, throw them in the sea, and tie them with ropes to our
raft. We put on board the raft a vast deal of food that had not been
spoiled by the sea, though the waves had made a breach in the sides of
the wreck. We then put to sea with our train of live stock made fast to
the stern.

We had not gone far when I heard a loud cry of fear from Fritz, "We are
lost! We are lost! See what a great shark is on its way to us!"

Though pale with fright, he took aim with his gun, and shot the fish in
the head. It sank at once, but left a track of blood in the sea, which
I knew to be a sign that we were once more safe. We then got to land,
and made fast our freight to the shore. Ere we had done this our
friends came to give us what help they could to get the beasts out of
the stream, and take them up to the tent. The poor things were well
nigh worn out; but we took good care of them, and put them to rest on
some dry grass that my wife had laid out for them.

That night we did not sup on the ground. My wife had spread a
cloth on the top of a cask, and we each sat on a tub. With the knives