Thenightpassedwithoutincident.Thecolonistswereonthequivive,anddidnotleavetheirpostattheChimneys.Thepirates,ontheirside,didnotappeartohavemadeanyattempttoland.SincethelastshotsfiredatAyrtonnotareport,notevenasound,hadbetrayedthepresenceofthebrigintheneighborhoodoftheisland.Itmighthavebeenfanciedthatshehadweighedanchor,thinkingthatshehadtodealwithhermatch,andhadleftthecoast.

           Butitwasnosuchthing,andwhendaybegantodawnthesettlerscouldseeaconfusedmassthroughthemorningmist.Itwasthe"Speedy."

           "These,myfriends,"saidtheengineer,"arethearrangementswhichappeartomebesttomakebeforethefogcompletelyclearsaway.Ithidesusfromtheeyesofthepirates,andwecanactwithoutattractingtheirattention.Themostimportantthingis,thattheconvictsshouldbelievethattheinhabitantsoftheislandarenumerous,andconsequentlycapableofresistingthem.Ithereforeproposethatwedivideintothreeparties.ThefirstofwhichshallbepostedattheChimneys,thesecondatthemouthoftheMercy.Astothethird,Ithinkitwouldbebesttoplaceitontheislet,soastoprevent,oratalleventsdelay,anyattemptatlanding.Wehavetheuseoftworiflesandfourmuskets.Eachofuswillbearmed,and,asweareamplyprovidedwithpowderandshot,weneednotspareourfire.Wehavenothingtofearfromthemusketsnorevenfromthegunsofthebrig.

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