The galley of Trimalcyon, as well as the chebec, followed the manoeuvres of the _Red Galleon_, and the three vessels crowded sail toward the island of St Honorât, situated on the coast of Provence, a short distance from Cannes. These orders given, Pog estimated the losses sustained by his crew; they were quite numerous. Sixteen soldiers had been killed in La Ciotat, and there were a great many wounded men on board. Besides, the culverin of Maison-Forte had, as we have seen, killed four of the galley-slaves. They unchained the bodies and threw them into the sea, and replaced them with five soldiers. The wounded were more or less cared for by a Moor, who performed the functions of surgeon. Pog had two wounds; one in the head, the other in the arm. The baron’s spear had given this last wound, which was very deep, but the one in his head was comparatively insignificant. The Moor who discharged the duties of surgeon had just completed the first dressing of these wounds, when the chebec of Erebus, under full sail, approached the galley of Pog, and ranged herself within reach of his voice. CHAPTER XXXII. THE CHEBEC We will now retrace our steps in order to inform the reader what were the manoeuvres of this chebec, during the attack on La Ciotat, in which it took no part. We will also tell how Reine des Anbiez fell into the power of Erebus. The Bohemian, after having put the watchman to sleep by means of a narcotic, descended to the shore, and reached the point of land behind which the galleys and the chebec of the pirates awaited his arrival, conformable to the instructions he had sent to Pog-Reis by a second pigeon. Hadji, in spite of the cold, bravely plunged into the water and soon reached the _Red Galleon_, which was resting on her oars a little distance from the coast. After a long conversation with Pog-Reis, to whom he gave the necessary information to assure the success of his descent upon La Ciotat, the Bohemian, following the orders of Pog, returned on board the chebec commanded by Erebus. This vessel was to take no part in the action, but was to approach Maison-Forte in order to assist in the abduction of Reine des Anbiez. As soon as the young girl was in the power of Erebus, the chebec had the order, to give the signal, upon which the galleys of the pirates would begin their attack upon the city. During the combat the chebec was to serve as light-ship and cruiser at large, so as to give the alarm to the pirates if by chance the royal galleys of the Duke de Brézé appeared in the west. These plans agreed upon, the chebec, separating herself from the galleys, and doubling the promontory, under the guidance of the Bohemian, who was well acquainted with the localities, advanced toward the belt of rocks which extended at the foot of Maison-Forte. As a consequence of his conversation with Pog the day before, Erebus had taken a fit of the most profound sadness.