"A little faint, William; I'm not so young as I was. Could you give me a little water?" "Stop, William, I will," said Mr. Seagrave, taking up a tin can which had been filled for his wife: "here, Ready, drink this." "I shall be better soon, sir; I'll just lie down a little, and then I'll have a biscuit and a little meat." Poor old Ready was indeed quite tired out; but he ate something, and felt much revived. Juno was very busy; she had given the children some of the salt meat and biscuit to eat. The baby, and Tommy, and Caroline had been put to bed, and the second tent was nearly ready. "It will do very well for to-night, Juno," said Mr. Seagrave; "we have done work enough for this day." "Yes, sir," replied Ready, "and I think we ought to thank God for his mercies to us before we go to sleep." "You remind me of my duty, Ready; let us thank him for his goodness, and pray to him for his protection before we go to sleep." Mr. Seagrave then offered up a prayer of thankfulness; and they all retired to rest. Chapter XI Mr. Seagrave was the first who awoke and rose from his bed on the ensuing morning. He stepped out of the tent, and looked around him. The sky was clear and brilliant. A light breeze ruffled o'er the surface of the water, and the tiny waves rippled one after another upon the white sand of the cove. To the left of the cove the land rose, forming small hills, behind which appeared the continuation of the cocoa-nut groves. To the right, a low ridge of coral rocks rose almost as a wall from the sea, and joined the herbage and brushwood at about a hundred paces, while the wreck of the Pacific, lying like some huge stranded monster, formed the prominent feature in the landscape. The sun was powerful where its beams could penetrate; but where Mr. Seagrave stood, the cocoa-nuts waved their feathery leaves to the wind, and offered an impervious shade. A feeling of the extreme beauty of the scene, subdued by the melancholy created by the sight of the wrecked vessel, pervaded the mind of Mr. Seagrave as he meditated over it.