The men from other craft, already beached, lend a hand too and a score of stout fellows breast the long oars which serve for capstan bars.

A little higher still.

Now prop her securely and make all snug and ship-shape, and make fast the blade of an oar to one of the forward tholes, with the loom on the ground, for a ladder.

You are safe in Calabria.
To-morrow at early dawn you must go into the hills, for you cannot sell a tenth of your cargo in the little village.

Away you trudge on foot, across the rocky point, along the low flat beach by the cane brake, up the bed of the rivulet, where the wet green blades of the canes brush your face at every step.