They came round me and jabbered and jabbered till I was nigh deafened.

Over and over again they pointed to the ship.

I thought they wanted to know whether I belonged to it, but it couldn't have been that, because when I nodded a lot of 'em jumped into some canoes which was lying ashore, and taking me with them paddled off to the ship.

I suppose they really wanted to know if they could have what they could find.

That wasn't much, but it seemed a treasure to them.