Then, by turns, they used the broken gourd and ate prodigiously, varied by drinks from the water barrel.

They had fasted long, they had undergone great exertions, and it took much to remove the sharp edge from their appetites.

But it was done at last, and they rested content.
"Henry," said Paul, upon whose mind the fortunate advent of the wild pigeons made a deep impression, "while we have had great mischances, it seems to me also that we have been much favored by Providence.

Our finding of this cabin was just in time, and then came the pigeons as if specially for us.

You remember in the Bible how the Lord sent the manna in the wilderness for the Israelites; it seems to me that He's doing the same thing for us." "It looks so," replied Henry reverently.