e took to be a large bat,
but on showing it to the doctor, he was highly delighted to find that it
was in reality a flying lemur. It had a largely developed membrane,
connecting the fore limbs with the others, and the hind limbs with the
tail. With this apparatus the animal can fly from one bough to another
separated by a wide distance, which it could not possibly reach by a
mere leap. Dan caught sight of it as it was making its way through the
forest; but at each flight it reached a bough somewhat lower than the
one it had left, till it pitched very near the ground, when, closing the
membrane round its body, it ran nimbly up the trunk, its sharp claws
enabling it to do so with great ease and speed. After this Dan killed
several smaller animals, the flesh of which was found to be palatable.
Nub, also, who had an especial fondness for turtle, made an excursion in
the hope of finding some along the seashore. He brought back the
satisfactory report that he had turned a couple, which were waiting to
be brought home and eaten; while he exhibited a dozen eggs which he had
discovered in the sand. He then, accompanied by the doctor and Dan,
returned and dragged home the two turtles; one of which being placed in
the shade, and kept constantly covered with wet grass, was preserved
alive till required for food.

The sago bags left in the pool had remained undisturbed, with the
contents perfectly good. The doctor, however, made a further supply, as
the consumption of it, from the want of farinaceous food, was
considerable.

A proper tree having been found for the canoe, it was cut down, and the
mate, with Nub and Walter, began to shape it. They afterwards hollowed
it out with fire. It was somewhat heavy; but when a weatherboard was
placed round it, the mate considered that the craft was fit not only to
paddle about in their harbour, but to go out to sea in fine weather.
Walter having manufactured some more hooks and fish-lines during the
evenings, an ample supply of fish was procured.

Thus day after day and week after week went rapidly by, and had not the
mate kept careful note of the time, in Robinson Crusoe fashion, by
cutting notches on a stick, the settlers would soon have forgotten how
long they had been on the island. The Sabbath was duly observed, as far
as they had the means. Although they had no Bible, the mate recollected
large portions of Scripture which he had learned in his youth; while
Walter and Alice