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CHAPTER IV. 



First Night on Shore. — Sleeping in empty Casks. — Parties of Ex- 

 ploration. — Dog Tracks. — Arrangements to leave the Wreck. — 

 Desire to reach East Cape. — Reflections upon our Condition. — 

 The dead Hog roasted. — The "pet Hog." — Company travel to- 

 ward the South and East. — Two Natives seen. — Parley. — Di- 

 rected to the Settlement. — The old Woman and her Ceremony. — 

 The second Settlement. — Head Man cordial. — Men distributed 

 among the Huts. — Not able to reach East Cape. — Company en- 

 tertained. — Motives for it. — Government should reward the Na- 

 tives. 



The first night we spent on shore was a very 

 stormy one. There were rain, sleet, and high 

 winds above and around us ; below us, on the 

 ground, ice, snow, and water in abundance. Our 

 tent, which was a hasty and temporary construc- 

 tion, afforded us, after all, but little permanent 

 shelter. The water came through and under it 

 in every direction. Here we found an additional 

 exposure, and the prospect of increased suffering 

 both from the cold and wet. Had it not been for 

 our oil, we could never have kindled a fire at 

 first, nor continued it afterwards. 



But necessity gives origin to many inventions 

 and improvements. It suggests new plans, and 



