Look at these little points and hollows, and these stars of every colour and every form; I would give all the world to have a specimen of each kind." He succeeded in breaking off a piece, which was of a deep orange-colour inside; he collected also, and deposited in his bag, some other pieces, of various forms and colours.

These greatly enriched his collection; and, idle as he was, he did not complain of any difficulty in obtaining them.

He had given his gun to Jack, who complained much of the ruggedness of our road.

Our march was truly painful, and I repented more than once of having yielded to the idea; besides the misery of walking along these shelly rocks, which presented points like the sharp teeth of a saw, tearing our shoes and even our skin, the sea, in some of the lower places, was so high as to bar our passage, and we were obliged, in the interval between two waves, to rush across, with the water to our chins.

We had some difficulty to avoid being carried away.