I've hired a couple of mules to tow the boat back.

They'll be here when the tide rises.

And, hello! I've found the gang-plank.

It floated ashore about a quarter of a mile below here." In the course of the afternoon the mules and two men with a long rope appeared, and we were then towed back to where we belonged.
And we are there yet.

Our boarder remains with us, as the weather is still fine, and the coolness between us is gradually diminishing.