They at once made for their prize; and by the help of a rope,
which they slung round him, they brought him safe on the beach.

We now left our wild men, and went on and on, for twelve days
more. The land in front of us ran out four or five miles, like a
bill; and we had to keep some way from the coast, to make this
point, so that we lost sight of the shore.

I gave the helm to Xury and sat down to think what would be my
best course to take: when all at once I heard the lad cry out "A
ship with a sail! A ship with a sail!" He did not show much joy
at the sight, for he thought that this ship had been sent out to
take him back: but I knew well, from the look of her, that she
was not one of the Turk's.

I made all the sail I could to come in the ship's way, and told
Xury to fire a gun, in the hope that if those on deck could not
hear the sound, they might see the smoke. This they did see, and
then let down their sails so that we might come up to them, and
in three hours time we were at the ship's side. The men spoke to
us in French, but I could not make out what they meant. At last a
Scot on board said in my own tongue, "Who are you? Whence do you
come?" I told him in a few words how I had got free from the
Moors.

Then the man who had charge of the ship bade me come on board,
and took me in with Xury and all my goods. I told him that he
might take all I had, but he said "You shall have your goods back
when we come to land, for I have but done for you what you would
have done for me, had I been in the same plight."