So Uncle Ben, with Frank and Tony, was sent off to bring them ashore.

Barney and his band were glad enough to get off.

They freely acknowledged that they had had enough of "camping out." It was not what they anticipated.

Nearly all of them had taken severe colds, and since the rain on Monday night, which had spoiled their provisions, they had been nearly starved.

Barney declared that they meant to return the boats that night, and if Captain Sedley would "let them off" this time, they would never do such a thing again.