We cooked some turtle meat and stayed a few hours on the island, after which we entered the boat and put off on our journey again.

Just before leaving I stored a quantity of corn, cobs, seeds, &c., in a little cairn in case we might be compelled to return.

I always steered, keeping east by north, but Yamba relieved me for a few hours each evening--generally between six and nine o'clock, when I enjoyed a brief but sound sleep.

Gunda never offered to take a spell, and I did not think it worth while to trouble him.
Thus night and day we sailed steadily on, occasionally sighting sharks and even whales.

We passed a great number of islands, some of them wooded and covered with beautiful jungle growths, whilst others were nothing but rock and sand.