It was then divided into smaller fagots, and sold to the inhabitants; and as they gave larger quantities than the regular wood-carriers, they found no difficulty in selling.

A ship freighted with coal for the cruisers having arrived from England, Mr.Gabriel procured them employment in unloading her at sixpence a day.

They continued at this work for upward of a month, and nothing could exceed their astonishment at the vast amount of cargo one ship contained.

As they themselves always afterward expressed it, they had labored every day from sunrise to sunset for a moon and a half, unloading, as quickly as they could, "stones that burn", and were tired out, still leaving plenty in her.

With the money so obtained they purchased clothing, beads, and other articles to take back to their own country.