Iris had already displayed to the sunlight a large portion of her costume.
Without further delay he set about a disagreeable but necessary task.
From the pockets of the first officer and doctor he secured two revolvers and a supply of cartridges, evidently intended to settle any dispute which might have arisen between the ship's officers and the native members of the crew.

He hoped the cartridges were uninjured; but he could not test them at the moment for fear of alarming Miss Deane.
Both officers carried pocket-books and pencils.

In one of these, containing dry leaves, the sailor made a careful inventory of the money and other valuable effects he found upon the dead, besides noting names and documents where possible.

Curiously enough, the capitalist of this island morgue was a Lascar jemadar, who in a belt around his waist hoarded more than one hundred pounds in gold.

The sailor tied in a handkerchief all the money he collected, and ranged pocket-books, letters, and jewelry in separate little heaps.