Several of the crew came on land to build a fire of coconut husks and prepare food for the morn, ing meal, and I saw two women helped ashore, who strolled away westward along the point and disappeared.

I wish you would," says I, "because it's pap that's there, and maybe you'd help me tow the raft ashore where the light is.

Everybody goes away when I want them to help me tow the raft ashore, and I can't do it by myself.

They were unpacked and helped ashore where they sat or lay muttering and moaning; they were so soaked and bruised and cramped that they could hardly yet realize their release or be properly thankful for it.