It's our ship and also our refuge." They took off all their clothing and fastened it and the arms, ammunition and knapsacks of food on the tree.

Then, they pushed off, with a caution from the hunter that they must not allow their improvised raft to turn in the water, as the wetting of the ammunition could easily prove fatal.
With a prayer that fortune which had favored them so much thus far would still prove kind, they struck out..