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The Best to Do

           Theaspectofthatpoorship,halfbroken,havingneithermastnorsails,lyingonhersidelikeabeingdeprivedoflife,sadlygrievedtheirhearts.Buttheymustvisitthishull,beforetheseashouldcometofinishdemolishingit.

           DickSandandtheblackscouldeasilymaketheirwayintotheinterior,afterhavinghoistedthemselvesondeckbymeansoftheropeswhichhungoverthe"Pilgrim’s"side.WhileTom,Hercules,Bat,andAustinemployedthemselvesintakingfromthestoreroomallthatmightbeuseful,asmucheatablesasliquids,thenovicemadehiswayintothearsenal.ThankstoGod,thewaterhadnotinvadedthispartoftheship,whoserearhadremainedoutofthewaterafterthestranding.

           ThereDickSandfoundfourgunsingoodcondition,excellentRemingtonsfromPurdy&Co.’sfactory,aswellasahundredcartridges,carefullyshutupintheircartridge-boxes.Therewasmaterialtoarmhislittleband,andputitinastateofdefense,if,contrarytoallexpectation,theIndiansattackedhimontheway.

           Thenovicedidnotneglecttotakeapocket-lantern;buttheship’scharts,laidinaforwardquarteranddamagedbythewater,werebeyonduse.

           Therewerealsointhe"Pilgrim’s"arsenalsomeofthosesolidcutlasseswhichservetocutupwhales.DickSandchosesix,destinedtocompletethearmingofhiscompanions,andhedidnotforgettobringaninoffensivechild’sgun,whichbelongedtolittleJack.

           Astotheotherobjectsstillheldbytheship,theyhadeitherbeendispersed,ortheycouldnolongerbeused.

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