But, captain, what is it that you intend to do ?" "I intend to muffle the sweeps and row the schooner up to the head of the creek there, from which point we can command the pile of sandal-wood with our gun.

Then I shall land with all the men except two, who shall take care of the schooner and be ready with the boat to take us off.

We can creep through the woods to the head of the village, where these cannibals are always dancing round their suppers of human flesh, and if the carbines of the men are loaded with a heavy charge of buck-shot, we can drop forty or fifty at the first volley.

After that the thing will be easy enough.

The savages will take to the mountains in a body, and we shall take what we require, up anchor, and away." To this plan the mate at length agreed.