Without speaking of the resources which the country must offer, the ship's store-room had emptied itself for the benefit of the survivors of the shipwreck.

The surf had thrown here and there among the rocks, then uncovered by the ebb-tide, a great quantity of objects.

Tom and his companions had already picked up some barrels of biscuit, boxes of alimentary preserves, cases of dried meat.

The water not having yet damaged them, food for the little troop was secured for more time, doubtless, than they would require to reach a town or a village.

In that respect there was nothing to fear.