"
"I am very tired, Ready, and shall be glad to do as you propose. That
case contains books; but what portion of my library I do not know."
"But you soon will, sir," replied Ready, wrenching it open with his
axe. "They are a little stained on the outside, but they are jammed so
tight that they do not appear to have suffered much. Here are one or
two, sir."
"Plutarch's Lives. I am glad I have them: they are excellent reading
for young or old; there is no occasion to open any more, as I know all
the other books in the case are `History'; perhaps the best case which
could have been saved."
Chapter LI
Mr. Seagrave and Ready then set to work, and made a rough sort of bed
of cocoa-nut branches; and, after eating their supper, committed
themselves to the divine protection, and went to sleep. The next
morning they resumed their labour, and opened every other case and
package that had been saved from the wreck; they found more hooks, four
boxes of candles, three casks of rice, and several other useful
articles, besides many others which were of no value to them.
A chest of tea, and two bags of coffee, which Ready had brought on
shore, were, much to their delight, found in good order; but there was
no sugar, the little which they had saved having been melted away.
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