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When the stars had gone out and the un to pale, I raisedembers remained of the fire, and the driftwood that we had collected was exhausted I thought that I would gather ainst the tireatest quantity soe of sand dunes Beyond these the islet tapered off to a long gray point of sand and shell Walking toward this point in the first pale light of dawn, I chanced to raiseat anchor beyond the spit of sand a ship

I stopped short and rubbedocean like a dreaainst the pallid sky, the ht have been of three hundred tons burthen; she was black and two-decked, and very high at poop and forecastle, and she was heavily armed My eyes traveled froed up on the point, the oars within it, was a boat

At the head of the beach, beyond the line of shell and weed, the sand lay piled in heaps With these friendly hillocks between ht, until I reached a point just above the boat Here I first heard voices I went a little further, then knelt, and, parting the long coarse grass that filled the holloeen two hillocks, looked out upon twoin a furious hurry, throwing the sand to left and right, and cursing as they dug They were powerful men, of a most villainous cast of countenance, and dressed very oddly One with a shirt of coarsest dowlas, and a filthy rag tying up a broken head, yet wore velvet breeches, and wiped the sweat froht handkerchief; the other topped a suit of shreds and patches with a fine bushy ruff, and swung froraround, to one side of the and cursed, the light strengthened The east changed froray to pale rose, froold The mist lifted and the sea burned red Two boats were lowered from the ship, and carowled the gravedigger with the broken head and velvet breeches