"Do you know if the enemy lost any of their number when the boat was smashed ?" But Captain Mainhill knew nothing about the affair on the river beyond the fact that an attempt had been made to capture the Bellevite, and he had not ascertained that more than one was injured.
"We found the Vampire aground half a mile below where the shot disabled her," continued the leader of the expedition.

"Her machinery was badly smashed.

She never was good for much, and she is good for nothing now." "Did the enemy carry off the one who was wounded ?" asked Captain Passford, prompted by his wife.
"No; he seems to have been too badly damaged for that; they left him at the house of a workingman near the river, and I suppose he is there now," replied Captain Mainhill.

"I don't know that there is anything more that we can do, and we may as well go home to breakfast." "Do you know where the wounded person is to be found ?" asked Captain Passford.
"I do; and I have seen him.

He is suffering a good deal of pain; but he is as plucky as a mad snake, and he would not say a word in answer to my questions." "I shall be greatly obliged to you, Captain Mainhill, if you will land me as near as you can to the house where this wounded man is, and show me where it is.