Being a very powerful man he fought like a lion to beat the pirates off, but he was surrounded and at last knocked down by a blow from behind.

Then his arms were made fast and he was sent wi' the rest into the biggest junk.
"This poor fellow recovered his senses about the time the pirates were dividin' the prisoners among them.

He seemed dazed at first, so said the Lascar, but as he must have bin in a considerable funk himself I suspect his observations couldn't have bin very correct.

Anyhow, he said he was sittin' near the side o' the junk beside this poor man, whose name he never knew, but who seemed to be an Englishman from his language, when a wild scream was heard in the other junk.

It was the little girl who had caught sight of her father and began to understand that she was going to be separated from him.