es of clothing, and a large
quantity of new rope, bolts of canvas, sails--which from their size had
evidently never been made for the brig--cases of furniture, etcetera,
etcetera.

These articles were all landed in boats, and conveyed with more or less
difficulty up to one of the large buildings before-mentioned, and there
housed.

There was great jubilation among the men at the sight of so rich a
cargo; Ralli, the Greek, quite laying aside his former moroseness of
manner and exhibiting an almost childish delight at the sight of the
bullion and the kegs of dollars. The men worked hard all day, and by
sunset more than half the brig's cargo was on shore. It was not
difficult, however, to detect that among these men there were a few--
perhaps a dozen--who took no interest in their labour, manifesting very
little curiosity as to the nature of the articles which they were
handling, and working solely because they had no other choice. These
our friends rightly conjectured to be prisoners who had not chosen to
cast in their lot with the pirates.

Early in the day that portion of the party from the _Galatea_ in which
we are more immediately interested had been conveyed on shore under
Johnson's own protection, and taken up to one of the smaller buildings
which stood on the beach, with the intimation that they were at liberty
to occupy it. It was a small two-story building, constructed of wood;
the upper floor being reached through a trap-door which was led up to by
a wooden step-ladder. This floor, like the one below, consisted of a
single room, and was lighted by two windows, one at each end, the two
longer walls of the room being fitted with three tiers of bunks similar
to those found on board ship. The ground floor was fitted up with a
fire-place, shelves all round the room, a rough deal table and two long
benches, and had evidently been used as a general living-room.

The place was wretchedly dirty, and on being inducted into it the first
act of the men was to procure an abundance of soap and water, and set
vigorously to work to give it a thorough cleansing. This occupied them
all the morning.

At noon a bell rang, which was the signal for all hands to knock off
work and get their dinner, the messman of each gang going to the galley,
a small building near the store, and drawing from the cook a sufficient
quantity of food for the party to which he belonged.

Bob, who with the carpenter had been duly liberated ac