A barrel of water and a case of conserves, between which I had intruded, furnished me with food and drink during the whole passage.

Oh! I suffered terribly, from not being willing to show myself when we were at sea.

But, if I had been imprudent enough to do it, I would have been confined again at the bottom of the hold, and, voluntarily or not, the torture would be the same.

Besides, on my arrival at Auckland, they would have returned me again to the English authorities, and finally brought me back to the penitentiary of Loanda, or, perhaps, hung me, as you said.

That was why I preferred to travel incognito." "And without paying your passage!" exclaimed Harris, laughing.