I perceived an immense quantity of wrecked timber lying on the shore of the island, which would spare us our voyage to the ship.

We selected such planks as were fit for our purpose; then, by the aid of our _jack-screw_ and some levers we had brought with us, we extricated the planks from the sand, and floated them; and, binding the spars and yards together with cords, with the planks above them, like a raft, we tied them to the stern of our boat, and hoisted our sail.
Fritz, as we sailed, was drying the shark's skin, which I hoped to convert into files.

And Ernest, in his usual reflective manner, observed to me, "What a beautiful arrangement of Providence it is, that the mouth of the shark should be placed in such a position that he is compelled to turn on his back to seize his prey, thus giving it a chance of escape; else, with his excessive voracity, he might depopulate the ocean." At last, we reached our landing-place, and, securing our boat, and calling out loudly, we soon saw our friends running from the river; each carried a handkerchief filled with some new acquisition, and Francis had over his shoulder a small fishing-net.

Jack reached us first, and threw down before us from his handkerchief some fine crawfish.

They had each as many, forming a provision for many days.
Francis claimed the merit of the discovery.