Don a bowl of milk.
It will do him more good than all the doctor's stuff in the world."

Pedro could scarcely believe his senses when he saw us returning with
our valuable prizes. We had now a supply of food to last us for many
days, and we might, if we thought fit, remain and rest till Pedro was
better able to proceed. We soon had a guinea-pig skinned and roasting
before the fire; and then Ned caught the goat, and, acting the part of a
milk-maid, filled a tin jug with milk, which he insisted on Pedro
swallowing. The figs were very fine, and after the coarse food on which
we had so long lived, we found them most grateful to our palates. As we
sat round our fire, in spite of the smoke, we felt ourselves in the
enjoyment of abundance of luxury. Our fire-place was composed of a few
stones; some others served us for seats. Our meat was somewhat tough,
and we were without salt. Parched maize served us for bread, and our
beverage was cold water, while our beds were composed of rushes and
leaves sprinkled on the bare ground; but this was more than we had
enjoyed for some time, and we had walls to protect us from the night
breeze, and a roof to keep out the rain. Pedro and I were not merry,
for we had too much cause for painful reflection. But we were
contented, and Ned Gale declared that he was as happy as a prince--that
he had weathered on the Dons, and had the prospect of a long cruise on
shore. He fastened the kid up within our tower, but the old she-goat
was turned out, as we knew that she would not stray far from her young
one. It had not long been dark when the storm we had observed broke
over our heads. The thunder rattled, the lightning flashed, and the
rain came down in torrents; but though a good deal found its way through
the roof, we were able to pick out dry spots for our beds, and we had
cause to be thankful that we were under shelter of any sort. As our
abode also had stood for so many centuries, we had no fear of being
washed away. We had collected a supply of stones to block up the lower
part of the entrance; and with some boughs in addition we constructed a
door, which was sufficient, we thought, to keep out any wild beasts or
other intruders. Before turning in, we cut the flesh off the other
guinea-pigs, and smoked it over the fire; and we also parched a supply
of maize, in case we should be unable to prepare it on any future
occasion. Notwithstanding the tempest which was raging outside, we