ard. Harry could find no words wherewith to express
his feelings adequately, but the pressure of his hand spoke for him, and
Roger felt amply repaid for all he had done.

"And now, young gentlemen," said Cavendish sternly, when the young hero
of the adventure had been recovered somewhat by the administration of a
liberal dose of rum, "let this be a warning to you never again to go
bathing in these seas. You have both had a most miraculous escape, and
I for one had given the pair of you up as lost. But, thank Heaven, you
are safe after all. Only never let it occur again. But I suppose you
will take care of that," he added with a twinkle in his eye. "Your
first experience with Johnny Shark has been enough for you, hasn't it?"

They reassured him on that point, and both then went below to dress.
When they were again clothed, Harry said:

"And now, how shall we spend the remainder of the day, Roger? I don't
feel like going ashore again to-day, even if we had a boat. The idea of
crossing that sheet of water again does not very greatly appeal to me
just now."

"I feel pretty much as you do," replied Roger. "I have had quite enough
of the water for to-day. As an alternative, I suggest that we
investigate that sheaf of documents that we took out of the _Gloria del
Mundo_ at the time of the battle. That fellow Alvarez seemed feverishly
anxious to find a certain paper, and bitterly disappointed at his
failure, so perhaps there may be something of value among them."

So saying, Roger went to his sea-chest, and, having unlocked it, drew
out the bundle of papers to which he had referred, and laid it on the
table.

They ran through most of them without finding anything of interest,
those examined proving to be merely papers relating to the provisioning
of the ship, and one or two old charts with courses marked off on them.

On another chart, however, they found something that claimed a moment's
attention. It was one upon which the position of the Spanish
intercepting fleet had been laid down, together with the supposed course
that the English vessels would steer, thus proving that they had
correctly anticipated the movements of the English. This they put
aside, intending to hand it to Cavendish, as it would be of interest to
him.

"This is probably the document that scoundrel Alvarez was looking for
while the _Gloria del Mundo_ was sinking," said Roger, who had related
to Harry all that had happened while he was