!" from above, and both boys ran up on deck to catch
the first glimpse of it.

"Hurrah!" shouted Roger in great glee. "Hurrah! this shows that we are
not far from La Guayra now, and then for more fighting and adventure,
and perhaps we may be able to get ashore for an hour or two."

The land could be discerned fairly clearly from the fore topmast
cross-tree, to which Roger and his friend ascended. It showed as a bold
headland, apparently of great height and rocky in formation.

Having satisfied their curiosity, the two came down from aloft, and,
seeing one of the officers attentively looking at the fast-rising land,
asked him what it might be; if it was anywhere near La Guayra, and how
far away it was.

"You two youngsters seem very eager to sight land again," replied the
lieutenant, smiling. "I should have thought that you, Trevose, would
have had enough of land for a time, after being so very nearly left
behind on that sand-bank. But, to satisfy your curiosity, I will tell
you. That tall headland that you see yonder, and toward which we are
now steering, is called Cape Oruba, and is the north-north-west
extremity of the island of Oruba. We shall leave that island on our
starboard hand, and as we pass it we ought to see the island of Curazao
in the distance, which island we, of course, leave on our port hand.
Then we head into the Gulf of Triste, and so on to La Guayra. Now,
young men, I have posted you up in the different landmarks that we shall
pass, and you can look them up for yourselves, and see where we are,
from that Spanish chart that you were so thoughtful as to bring with you
from the _Gloria del Mundo_."

Roger and Harry thanked the lieutenant for the information, and went
below to see where was the ship's actual position.

Nothing of any interest happened here, and in three days from the time
when they first sighted Oruba Point they were as close in to La Guayra
as they dared venture without further investigation.

Once more a council of officers was held in Mr Cavendish's cabin, on
board the flag-ship, and a plan of campaign arranged. The squadron, it
was decided, was to lie-to in a little bay not many miles to the
north-westward of the Port of La Guayra. There was no danger of its
presence there being discovered, there being no town or port near; the
cliffs rose up almost perpendicularly from the water's edge, and the
little bay itself was practically landlocked, and thus hidden from
seawa