The next day Mr.
C., the captain and Paul dined together.

Paul promised the captain, that if he would consent to his gathering curiosities during the voyages they would make together and give him a share of all treasure recovered, he would lay the matter before his father on his arrival in New York.
If Mr.Boyton consented he would join him in Nassau, with all the improved apparatus he could secure for the business.

The form of agreement was drawn up and a bargain concluded subject to the approval of Paul's father.

Three days later Paul sailed for New York on the brig Saco, and after a quiet voyage arrived safely at home once more.

The collection of curios he had with him and the previous shipments he had made convinced his father that in no other position would Paul be so valuable to him.