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266 "It's a broken neck somebody will get if we are not careful," said one of the sailors. "I'd rather be on the deck of a ship any day than on an island like this."

Soon they were out in the open once more. They were on a rise of ground, and not a great distance away they could see the shore and the rolling ocean.

"A ship!" cried Roger.

"But not the Golden Eagle!" returned Dave. "It must be the vessel that was to stop for the Englishmen."

"It is! It is!" bawled Giles Borden. " And look, there they are on the shore, ready to embark, all of them!"

"Yes, and Jasniff is with them!" added Dave, Phil, and Roger in a breath.