And so he is.
The features of the white man sitting nearest to him are in strange contrast to his, as is also the colour of his hair and skin.

The hair is of a carroty shade, while his complexion, originally reddish, through long exposure to a tropical sun exhibits a yellowish, freckled appearance.

The countenance so marked is unmistakably of Milesian type.
So it should be, as its owner is an Irishman.
The third white man, of thin, lank frame, with face almost beardless, pale cadaverous cheeks, and eyes sunken in their sockets, and there rolling wildly, is one of those nondescripts who may be English, Irish, Scotch, or American.

His dress betokens him to be a seaman, a common sailor.
He of the brown complexion, with flat spreading nose, high cheek-bones, oblique eyes, and straight, raven black hair, is evidently a native of the East, a Malay.
The two other living figures in the boat are those of a boy and girl.
They are white.

They differ but little in size, and but a year or two in age, the girl being fourteen and the boy about sixteen.