The unpainted sides were of a dark-colored, heathenish looking wood.

The tiller was a wry-necked, elbowed bough, thrusting itself through the deck, as if the tree itself was fast rooted in the hold.

The binnacle, containing the compass, was defended at the sides by yellow matting.

The rigging-- shrouds, halyards and all--was of "Kaiar," or cocoa-nut fibres; and here and there the sails were patched with plaited rushes.
But this was not all.

Whoso will pry, must needs light upon matters for suspicion.