No particle of either food or drink was to be found, nor anything save the single paddle and the open Bible which lay across the small man's face.

Man, woman, and child had all been dead a day at the least, and so with the short prayers used upon the seas they were buried from the vessel's side.

The small man had at first seemed also to be lifeless, but Amos had detected some slight flutter of his heart, and the faintest haze was left upon the watch glass which was held before his mouth.

Wrapped in a dry blanket he was laid beside the mast, and the mate forced a few drops of rum every few minutes between his lips until the little spark of life which still lingered in him might be fanned to a flame.

Meanwhile Ephraim Savage had ordered up the two prisoners whom he had entrapped at Honfleur.