continuing without intermission. At last we found ourselves among
these islands, and were compelled occasionally to haul to the wind to
clear them. This made her leak more and more, until at last she
became water logged, and we were forced to abandon her in haste
during the night, having no time to take anything with us; we left
three men on board, who were down below. By the mercy of Heaven we
ran the boat into the opening below, which was the only spot where we
could have landed. I think I had better stop now, as I have a good
deal to tell you yet."

"Do then," replied I; "and now I think of it, I will bring up the
chest and all the things which were in it, and you shall tell me what
they are."

I went down and returned with the clothes and linen. There were
eight pair of trousers, nine shirts, besides the one I had torn up to
bandage his wounds with, two pair of blue trousers, and two jackets,
four white duck frocks, some shoes, and stockings. Jackson felt them
one by one with his hands, and told me what they were, and how worn.

"Why don't you wear some of them?" inquired I.

"If you will give me leave, I will," replied he. "Let me have a duck
frock and a pair of trousers."

I handed the articles to him, and then went back for the rest which
I had left on the rocks.

When I returned, with my arms full, I found that he had put them on,
and his other clothes were beside him. "I feel more like a Christian