see if we cannot find what will do," was Paul's
answer.

True Blue dived below, and soon discovered some rope, a large coil of
strong spun yarn, a fore-royal, and the bonnet of the jib, a palm, sail
needles and twine, and many other useful articles; and beside these, one
of the ship's compasses, True Blue's quadrant, given him by Sir Henry;
and also the larger part of a long sweep, and two small spars.
Curiously enough, also, a page of an old navigation book, with the sun's
declination for that very year.

The first thing to be done was to get sail on the craft. Paul
thoroughly understood sail-making, and Tom was a good hand at it. A
mast was formed out of the sweep and one of the spars, which was secured
to the stump of the foremast. The canvas they had found was cut into a
gaff-sail, while the other spar served as the gaff. It was but a small
sail, little larger than that of a frigate's launch; yet, with the wind
free, it served to give steerage way to the schooner, and to send her
along at the rate of three knots an hour.

All on board had reason to be thankful when once more they found their
vessel, which had so long seemed on the point of foundering, almost free
from water, and gliding smoothly over the sea. Paul determined to
endeavour to reach Jamaica without touching at any other place.

All night they ran on. Sometimes, however, the wind fell so much that
they only made a knot an hour; but still, as True Blue remarked, that
was something if it was in the right direction.

The want of food was a serious affair, and they resolved the next day to
have a grand hunt to try and discover some. Both forward and aft there
was a great variety of casks, and bales, and packages, apparently taken
out of different vessels which had been captured. As soon as the sun
rose, the search was commenced. Another keg of water, found in the
forepeak, first rewarded their labours. Some pine apples and other West
India fruits were discovered; but a sack of potatoes or a cask of
biscuits would have been more acceptable.

Though fitted for fighting, the schooner had also a hold for the stowage
of cargo, and here was discovered a considerable number of casks of
French wine. Such a discovery as this wine among a set of unsteady men
would have been fatal, but to the present crew of the prize it was a
most valuable acquisition. A bundle of salt fish and a cask of pork
were next hauled out; a cask of bread was also discovered