e live."

"That must be a long way off," said John. When this was interpreted he
answered: "Another day's march."

The gentle breeze from the eastern shore was a great relief.

They had marched during the day mostly through forests, and everywhere
the atmosphere was close and still, so that the open space was
appreciated.

All slept soundly that night, and morning came only too soon for the
wearied boys, but they enjoyed the trip too much to delay moving at the
earliest opportunity. While breakfast was being prepared the boys
sauntered over to the sloping shore to the west, which was not more than
a half mile away.

They enjoyed walking along the pure white sand, and after disrobing had
a jolly time in the mildly moving surf. It was not often that they had
opportunities to take a sea bath.

The bathing place was a deeply-indented bay, with a long sloping
beach,--an ideal spot, with the camp plainly visible to the east. "Why
not take a stroll to the southern end of the bay?" remarked Harry, after
they were ready to return. "We might be able to see the headland to the
south where we first sighted land."

"Well, then, here goes it," and George started on a strong sprint to the
south.

Harry was by far the fleeter, and reached the tufted grass ahead of
George, and then turned to the right, to gain the elevation. It was
while thus moving through the brush and debris, which was far above the
normal level of the sea, that they were attracted by an unusual deposit
of brush, and other accumulations.

"Stop, Harry; here is something we ought to investigate."

Harry turned and came back. In the early days of their investigation
such a mass would have meant diligent search. It was more from a
recurrence of the old habit that dictated the idea to George.

It was well they did so, for not far from the top, and covered over with
seaweed and leaves, was a boxlike structure, evidently some part of a
wreckage. They worked feverishly at the surrounding mass, and uncovered
it.

Harry started back. "Do you know what this is?" he asked. George stooped
over, and stared.

"It is part of the boat which was taken from South River."

When that boat disappeared, only to be found miles away from its
original location, the two boxlike compartments which they had made in
it, and the oars used by them, had been taken away, and instead they
found entirely different oars, and a rope, of which they knew nothing.

Here was one of the b