As soon as the dogs (Bill and Turk by name) saw us push off from the
ship they leaped in the sea, swam near the raft, and kept well up with
us.
The sea was calm; so that we felt quite safe. We made good use of the
oars, and the raft bore its freight straight to the land; but as we
drew near to the shore the sight of the bare rocks led us to think that
we might still be in need of food and drink when that which we had was
gone.
As we got near, the coast lost its bare look, and we were glad to see
that there was no lack of trees. We soon found a bay, to which the
ducks and geese had found their way, and here we saw a place where we
could land.
As soon as we had made the raft fast with a strong rope, we took out
all our wealth, and made a tent with the old sail cloth we had brought
with us, and stuck a pole in the ground to keep it up. This done, I
sent the boys to get some moss and dry grass to make our beds with.
With the flint and steel we soon set fire to some dry twigs, and my
wife made a pot of soup with what she had brought from the ship.
Fritz, who had charge of the guns, chose one, and took a stroll by the
side of a stream, while Jack went in search of shell fish, which he
thought he might find on the rocks. My share of the work was to save
two large casks which were near the shore.
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