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Rh the boys to get a good night's rest, so that they might be fresh for the toils of the next day.

I then told my wife to change her dress for that of one of the crew which she had found, as her skirts would have got in her way when she had to climb. She did not at first like this, but did so as soon as she saw the truth of what I told her. At last, when all was done, we went to bed, and slept as sound as if we had been on land.

 

were all up at the break of day, and knelt down to thank God that He had kept us from harm through the night.

"My dear boys," said I, "we have now, with the help of God, to try our best to reach the shore. We must, ere we go, give the poor beasts on board both food and drink to last them for some days. I hope we may yet find means to come back and take them on shore with us."

We then put all the things on the raft, and ten live hens and two cocks were put in one of the tubs. Some ducks and geese we let go, in the hope that they would swim to the shore; and a pair of doves were