Several times during this interval he had made up his mind to let his father know of the adventure, and have me come up at once; but we were still within reaching distance of Nantucket, and it was doubtful, from some expressions which had escaped Captain Barnard, whether he would not immediately put back if he discovered me to be on board.
Besides, upon thinking the matter over, Augustus, so he told me, could not imagine that I was in immediate want, or that I would hesitate, in such case, to make myself heard at the trap.

When, therefore, he considered everything he concluded to let me stay until he could meet with an opportunity of visiting me unobserved.

This, as I said before, did not occur until the fourth day after his bringing me the watch, and the seventh since I had first entered the hold.

He then went down without taking with him any water or provisions, intending in the first place merely to call my attention, and get me to come from the box to the trap,--when he would go up to the stateroom and thence hand me down a supply.

When he descended for this purpose he found that I was asleep, for it seems that I was snoring very loudly.