s, too, and they will, I fear, do no small amount of
mischief before they come to an end. I have sent notice to the Chilian
Government, who will despatch one of their ships of war in search of the
fellows; but in this wide ocean, with thousands of islands among which
they may lie hid, there is but little chance of them being found."

We had another day's delightful ramble over the hills and across the
valleys of this lonely island; and except that Robinson Crusoe must have
found it somewhat dull, being alone for so long before Friday came to
him, Jerry and I agreed that he was in no way to be pitied, and that we
should like nothing better than having to spend some time there. We did
not quite settle how long. There are a number of caves high up in the
sides of the mountain, overlooking Cumberland Bay harbour, as it is
called; and those barbarous fellows, the Spaniards, compel the convicts,
who labour at the stone quarries, to live in them. The challenges of
the sentinels, reaching all the way down to the harbour, broke the still
silence of the night, as we lay at our anchors, ready to sail with the
first dawn on the following morning. A light wind wafted us away from
that romantic spot, our visit to which is among the most pleasant
recollections of our voyage. We gazed astern as if we were looking our
last on the land of our birth, and did not leave the deck till its faint
blue mountains had sunk beneath the horizon. In consequence of what we
had heard from the governor, we got our guns and small arms in order, to
be ready for the supposed pirates, should we fall in with them, while a
sharp look-out was kept, that we might not be taken unawares. Captain
Frankland was too brave and experienced a man to be afraid of taking
necessary precautions on all occasions. It did not occur to the
captain, till we had been some time at sea, to inquire of Manuel Silva
whether he knew anything of the pirates. Grave suspicions had begun to
cross his mind that he was in some way connected with them. Of course
Silva denied all knowledge of them. When pressed to give some account
of himself, he replied, "I am grateful for all your kindness. If I have
an opportunity I will show it. I do not wish to tell you falsehoods,
therefore do not press me on that subject." With a favourable breeze we
steered a course for the coast of Peru.

CHAPTER TEN.

VISIT TO THE EMPIRE OF THE INCAS.

To the south of Lima, in the Bay of Pisco