milked and let loose, and then William and Juno set off on
their journey back.

Ready went down to the beach. On his arrival there, he observed a small
turtle: creeping up softly he got between it and the water, and
succeeded in turning it over. "That will do for to-morrow," said he, as
he stepped into the boat; and laying hold of the oars, he pulled out of
the bay to return to the cove.

CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.

Ready arrived at the cove, and proceeded to the tents, where he found
the whole party listening to William, who was detailing what had been
done. The arrangements for the next day were made as soon as Ready
joined them. They then separated for the night, but Ready and William
remained until it was dark, to catch the fowls and tie their legs, ready
for their being put in the boat the next morning. At daylight all were
summoned to dress themselves as soon as possible, as Ready wanted to
take down the tent in which Mrs Seagrave and the children had slept.
For, with the exception of Tommy, the others had slept upon some canvas,
which they had spread out under the cocoa-nut trees. As soon as Mrs
Seagrave was dressed, the tent was taken down, and, with all the
bedding, put into the boat. Then, when they had breakfasted, the
plates, knives and forks, and some other necessaries, were also put in;
Ready laid the fowls on the top of all, and set off by himself for their
new location.

After he was gone, the rest of the party prepared for their journey
through the cocoa-nut grove. William led the way, with the three dogs
close to his heels, Mr Seagrave with the baby in his arms, Juno with
little Caroline, and Mrs Seagrave with Master Tommy holding her hand.
They cast a last look round at the cove, and the fragments of the wreck
and cargo, strewed about in every direction, and then turned into the
wood. Ready arrived at the point, and was again on shore in less than
two hours after he had set off. As soon as the boat was safe in, he did
not wait to land his cargo, but going up to the turtle which he had
turned the day before, he killed it, and cleaned it on the beach. He
then went to where they had built up the fireplace with stones, made a
fire, filled the iron saucepan full of water, and set it on to boil; he
then cut up a portion of the turtle, and put it into the pot, with some
slices of salt pork, covered it up, and left it to boil; and having hung
up the rest of the turtle in the shade, he went back to