"My father will be mightily interested in them." "Indeed, I think the less you have to do with them the better for you," said the mate.

"If I do command my own ship I'll promise you that I never carry live stock of that sort on board of her.

But here we are all aboard and the anchor tripped, so we must bid you good-bye." The wagonette had just finished loading up when we arrived, and the chief places, on either side of the driver, had been reserved for my two companions, who speedily sprang into them.

With a chorus of cheers the good fellows whirled away down the road, while my father, Esther, and I stood upon the lawn and waved our hands to them until they disappeared behind the Cloomber woods, _en route_ for the Wigtown railway station.
Barque and crew had both vanished now from our little world, the only relic of either being the heaps of _debris_ upon the beach, which were to lie there until the arrival of an agent from Lloyd's..