f we could eat. There was plenty of salt water; but that
was not tempting, and would only have increased our suffering. Jerry
sat himself down on the beach and said he could go no further; but I
urged him to continue on, in the hopes that we might come soon upon a
stream of water. I remember even then being struck by the immense
quantities of kelp which fringed the shore. The long leaves and roots,
where left by the tide, looked like pieces of thick brown leather; and
we agreed that cups and bowls, and all sorts of things, might be made
out of it. Kelp is a species of sea-weed of gigantic size, and its
sturdy stems have been known to reach the surface from a depth of nearly
three hundred feet; some of the wide-spreading weeds looking like tanned
hides extended on the surface. Its roots cling with a powerful gripe to
the rocks, on which alone it grows. Some of the stems are sufficiently
strong to moor a boat with. I had a knife, the handle of which was made
by simply sticking the hilt of the blade into a piece of the root while
it was wet;--when the kelp dried the blade was firmly fixed in it. We
had not gone far when a rippling sound saluted our ears; and running on,
we found a bright, sparkling stream gurgling out of the bank. We put
our mouths down to the spot where it gushed out, and oh, how we enjoyed
the cool pure draught! Nothing could then have been more gratifying to
our taste. We found this gave a remarkably keen edge to our appetites;
so we sat down by the stream and produced a piece of the steak we had
cooked the previous evening, and the remains of our biscuit. While
discussing them, Jerry exclaimed that he saw something galloping along
the shore.

"Is it a bull?" I asked, thinking that we might have to decamp, and
looking out for a place of safety.

"It comes on very fast," he answered. I jumped up, for I was sitting a
little below him, and looked in the direction he pointed.

"It's old Surley! it's old Surley!" I shouted. "Our friends cannot be
far-off."

On came the old dog, and was very soon jumping up and licking our hands
and faces, and wagging his tail, till it looked as if he would wag it
off. He seemed in no way displeased at receiving a piece of beef; and
as soon as he had got it he began to trot off with it in his mouth in
the direction from which he had come. After going a few yards, however,
he stopped and turned half round, and wagged his tail, as much as to
say, "Come al