"And mine also!" chimed in the third, "with the bag of beads, and the rice!" "Is the cloth taken ?" was the eager inquiry, as that would have been equivalent to all our money.

It had been used for a pillow that night, and thus saved.

The rogues left on the beach, close to our beds, the Aneroid Barometer and a pair of boots, thinking possibly that they might be of use to us, or, at least, that they could be of none to them.

They shoved back some dried plants and fishes into one bag, but carried off many other specimens we had collected; some of our notes also, and nearly all our clothing.
We could not suspect the people of the village near which we lay.

We had probably been followed for days by the thieves watching for an opportunity.