I exhorted my sons to do nothing to irritate them; on the contrary, to meet them with kindness and attention, and to commit no violence against them unless called on to defend their lives.

I also recommended them to select from the wrecked chest, some articles likely to please the savages, and to carry them always about with them.

"And I beseech you, once more," added I, "not to alarm your mother." They promised me; and we continued our road unmolested to Falcon's Nest.

Jack preceded us, delighted, he said, to see our castle again, which he hoped the savages had not carried away.

Suddenly, we saw him return, running, with terror painted on his countenance.
"They are there!" said he; "they have taken possession of it; our dwelling is full of them.