ANXIETY ABOUT
PROVISIONS--FISH CAUGHT--FISH-HOOKS MANUFACTURED--SEA-LIONS ATTACKED--
LIZARD CHARGED BY SEA-LION--ESCAPE OF TIPPO SAHIB--COW-SEALS' MILK--
YOUNG BROKE TAKES MILK TO LADIES--THE DOCTOR'S EXPEDITION INLAND--
SEAL-TRACKS UP MOUNTAIN--RIPE FRUIT FOUND--WILLY AND PETER CHASED BY A
SEAL--A CAVERN DISCOVERED--FIGHT WITH THE SEAL--BREAKFAST ON THE
MOUNTAIN--DIFFICULT TRAVELLING--ENVELOPED IN A THICK MIST--ENCAMP FOR
THE NIGHT--WILLY SEES A DOG--PROCEED ON JOURNEY--TRACES OF HOGS
DISCOVERED--A SHIP CLOSE IN-SHORE--THE PARTY HURRY FORWARD--THE SHIP HAS
GONE--THEIR SIGNAL NOT NOTICED--RETURN ALONG THE BEACH--A HUT IN THE
DISTANCE--A DEAD SAILOR DISCOVERED--PROCEED OVER THE HILLS--WILLY FINDS
NEST OF PARROTS--RETURN TO VILLAGE--DIGGING FOR ROOTS--WILLY'S
GALLANTRY.

When daylight broke, the whole harbour appeared covered with
white-crested waves, dancing and leaping wildly, while the beach was
covered with the fragments of the launch.

Harry felt very unwilling to communicate the disaster to Mrs Morley.
It must be done, however. As soon as she appeared, he told her of what
had occurred.

"God's will be done," she answered. "Any suffering we may be called on
to go through seems light compared with that others have had to endure.
I have sought for strength from on high, and it will not be denied me."

The rain had now ceased. In spite of the gale, fires were lighted; and
Mrs Rumbelow, with the aid of several of the men, set to work to get
breakfast ready. They had still some tea and coffee remaining, as they
had been enabled to use but little of it during the voyage; their only
other food, however, was the wild-fowl and seals' flesh. Of the latter
they had certainly an abundant supply, but would willingly have
exchanged some of it for the coarsest sea biscuit.

As soon as breakfast was over, Harry held a council of war with the
doctor, Captain Twopenny, and Mr Bollard. All hope of getting away, if
no vessel appeared, was now cut off. They might have to remain many
months--it was impossible to say how long. Winter would soon be upon
them; and as shelter from the cold and wet was indispensable, the first
thing was to build warm substantial huts, the next was to provide food.
The doctor was of opinion that they could not depend on the seals
remaining in the harbour, while he feared that the health of all would
suffer unless some variety of food could be obtained. He advised, in
the first place, that the sea