At length, when they got more staid, I told them that we had brought
them all sorts of good things, but that we had not met with any of the
men of whom we went in search. "God's will be done," said my wife, "let
us thank Him that you have come back safe to us. This day to me has
been an age; but put down your loads, for we must now go in and hear
what you have to tell."
Fritz and I then told them, by turns, where we found the things we
brought with us, how we made and dried the plates and bowls, cut the
canes, and caught the ape in the wood. Our tales had not come to an end
when we were told that it was time to sup. Ernest had shot a wild
goose, and some fish had been caught in the stream. With these, and the
Dutch cheese that we brought from the ship, we made a good meal; but
the boys would not rest till we broke some of the nuts, from which they
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.
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