I have bought them for two pounds of lead; and have promised that, when the war is over and the man's sons return, it is to be free to them to buy it back, at the same price." After eating their meal, they both lay down and slept until late in the afternoon.

Then Meinik bought an earthenware pot, and a flat slab of the same material for making a fire on; some peppers and capsicums, and a little cinnamon and nutmeg; a basket of mangoes, and some tobacco.

As soon as it became dusk, they took their places in the boat, Meinik carrying down two or three faggots of wood.
The boat was a canoe, hewn out of a pine log.

It would have carried four people comfortably, and there was plenty of room for them both to lie down at full length.

It was very light, the wood having been cut away until it was little thicker than cardboard.