I don't know what I do when I'm in liquor .-- Don't leave me!--I'll obey your orders, and do anything you wish!--I'll wait upon you as your servant!--I will, indeed, Mr Newton!" "I neither ask that you will obey my orders, nor wait upon me," replied Newton.

"All I request is, that you will lay aside your wanton animosity, and exert yourself to save your life.

For what you have already attempted against me, may God forgive you, as I do! For what you may hereafter attempt, you will find me prepared.

Now follow me into the boat." Without further exchange of words Newton, followed by Jackson, went into the boat, and shoved off.

The weather was moderate and the wind light.
There were two islets which Newton had marked, which apparently were not covered at high water, one about ten miles distant in the supposed direction of the land, for Newton had shrewdly guessed the locality of the reef; and the other about two miles from the first, further out, with trees growing to the water's edge.