y turned her over, and but
little water remained in her. At first sight she appeared to be
uninjured.

"I was afraid so," said Tom, as he was going round her, and put his hand
through a hole in the bows. "The water ran out here; perhaps she would
have suffered more if she had not been thus damaged. If she's stove in
nowhere else, we shall be able to repair her." This was apparently the
only damage the boat had received.

"I am not surprised that she should have been swamped with so many men
in her, in the heavy sea there was running when those unhappy men put
off," observed Tom. "We shall have to bring our tools and materials
here. And now let us see if any oars have been cast on shore." They
hunted about, but the oars, being so much lighter than the boat, had
either been swept round the north end of the island or thrown on some
other part of the shore.

Having hauled the boat up, they returned towards the camp. Tom and
Desmond were very anxious to repair the boat and visit the wreck before
night-fall, in case the weather should change and she should go to
pieces. As they walked along they discussed the best plan for repairing
the boat. Desmond suggested that they should first nail on pieces of
well-greased canvas, and then fix over that two or more lengths from the
staves of one of the casks.

"But where's the grease to come from? I'm afraid we have none,"
observed Tom.

"We've got a piece of bacon, and there would be grease enough from that
for the purpose," answered Desmond.

Their conversation was interrupted by a shout from Jerry Bird, who held
up an oar which he had found floating close in by the shore under one of
the ledges. This, with the three oars they already possessed, and one
of the long paddles to steer by, would enable them to shove off as soon
as they could patch up the boat. The doctor's spirits rose considerably
when he heard that the boat had been discovered, and he consented to
remain on shore with Tim and Peter, while the rest of the party returned
to the wreck--he undertaking to search for water.

"You must not be alarmed if we do not come back to-night," said Tom;
"for, if the weather promises to be fine, it may be better to build a
large raft, on which we can tow ashore all the stores we can obtain."

"Remember, Rogers, to bring one of the tripods, the smith's forge and
tools, and some piping; for should we fail to discover water, I may be
able to construct a still, by whi