The chests of the carpenter and the gunner followed.

There were cases of rich jewellery, and caskets of money, which at first tempted us, but were speedily relinquished for objects of real utility.

I preferred a case of young plants of European fruits, carefully packed in moss for transportation.

I saw, with delight, among these precious plants, apple, pear, plum, orange, apricot, peach, almond, and chesnut trees, and some young shoots of vines.

How I longed to plant these familiar trees of home in a foreign soil.