May i8, iqi6 
LAND & WATER 
21 
Chaya, i lluiaanc^ of the South Seat | 
lIHmtratcd bn Joseph Simpson. E.B A 
" He dashed off among the trees with the dyak in pursuit 
it is not in its way a God ? Now stored and prisoned, and 
about to be deported to a land where its activities could 
begin anew, it showed nothing of its presence except in the 
weariness of its slaves who were lying about on deck. 
Chaya was down below in the cabin, arranging things. 
When Hull and Tillman got the truth of the matter, they had 
made no trouble at all about Chaya, though her joining them 
would make things a great deal more difficult on the return 
journey. It was arranged that she should have the cabin for 
herself to sleep in, and during the day, except at meal-time, 
the rest of the crew being condemned to the fo'cs'le. Not 
that this mattered much as the crew, being so small, it would 
be required most of the time on deck. 
Tlie incident of Chava scarcely gave Hull and Tillman a 
thought. Gold fever and heavy labour held their entire 
minds and beings, and it was perhaps the exhaustion produced 
by these two causes that made Hull, as he lay on the deck 
now, smoking and stretching himself, to forecast the difficulties- 
still before them. 
" There's a good many miles of sea between here and there," 
said he, " but I don't mind northen so long as we get clear of 
the coast. I wish we was out of this lagoon." 
" What's wrong with the lagoon ? " said Tillman. " It's 
been a pretty good friend to us, I think." 
" I don't know anythin' that's wrong with it," replied 
Hull, " but I wish we was clear of it." 
" Well, we'll be out of it to-morrow," said Houghton. " We 
have only to get the water on board and we can do that this- 
