"Do not think of that, captain! Whatever happens, let us all keep together." "That cannot be," he said.

"I must go because I am the only seaman among you, and I will take four of those black fellows with me.

I do not apprehend any danger unless we have to make a surf landing, and even then they can all swim like fishes, while I am very well able to take care of myself in the water.

I shall sail down the coast until I come to a port, and there put in.

Then I will get a vessel of some sort and come back for you.