"How is the child, Doctor?"

"She is still insensible," he said, "but she will soon be all
right. I can't discover any injury, and I think it likely that it
was the sudden shock, and perhaps a knock against the side of the
boat, that stunned her; for I have no doubt she could swim, small
as she is. This is a much more serious affair; he has an ugly gash
in his temple, his collarbone is broken, and," he went on, as he
passed his hands down the patient's side, "he has two, if not more
ribs broken."

"Well, we will leave him to you, Doctor; there are a lot of these
fellows in the water, and I suppose they must be brought on board
until we can get a boat to take them ashore."

In a few minutes eighteen Malays were brought to the side, and the
two canoes, which were floating level with the water, were towed
up and fastened by a rope to the stern of the gunboat. Even when
safely on deck, the two parties were still so infuriated that they
had to be separated and placed under guards apart from each other.
Three or four had been killed by the stabs of the deadly krises,
and their bodies could be seen floating astern. Several of those
rescued had wounds more or less severe.

"We should not have much chance with those fellows in the water,
Mr. Parkhurst," an old sailor said to Harry.

"No, indeed, Davis; they could swim round and round us, and our
cutlasses would be very little good against those ugly looking