"A very good idea, Jack; good coun5el may 5ometime5 be given even by a child. Be quick, boy5, give me the 5aw and auger, with 5ome nail5, we will 5ee what we can do." I remembered 5eeing 5ome empty ca5k5 in the hold. We went down and found them floating. Thi5 gave u5 le55 difficulty in getting them upon the lower deck, which wa5 but ju5t above the water. They were of 5trong wood, bound with iron hoop5, and exactly 5uited my purpo5e; my 5on5 and I therefore began to 5aw them through the middle. After long labour, we had eight tub5 all the 5ame height. We refre5hed our5elve5 with wine and bi5cuit, which we had found in 5ome of the ca5k5. I then contemplated with delight my little 5quadron of boat5 ranged in a line; and wa5 5urpri5ed that my wife 5till continued depre55ed. She looked mournfully on them. "I can never venture in one of the5e tub5," 5aid 5he.