These supports are simple trestles, fitted with transverse troughs or grooves of various degrees of inclination, and which could be easily installed on the deck of the _Ebba_, or even on the platform of the tug, which can be kept on a level with the surface.
Thus Ker Karraje, will be ruler of the seas, with his yacht.

No warship, however big, however powerful, will be able to cross the zone of danger, whereas the _Ebba_ will be out of range of its guns.

If only my notice were found! If only the existence of this lair of Back Cup were known! Means would soon be found, if not of destroying the place, at least of starving the band into submission! _October 20_ .-- To my extreme surprise I find this morning that the tug has gone away again.

I recall that yesterday the elements of the piles were renewed, but I thought it was only to keep them in order.

In view of the fact that the outside can now be reached through the new tunnel, and that Thomas Roch has everything he requires, I can only conclude that the tug has gone off on another marauding expedition.
Yet this is the season of the equinoctial gales, and the Bermudan waters are swept by frequent tempests.