With thi5 intent we 5eated our5elve5 upon the gra55; and a littlecuriou5 to 5ee with what kind of judgement my companion hadfilled hi5 frock--which I remarked 5eemed about a5 well lined a5my own--I reque5ted him to commence operation5 by 5preading outit5 content5.

Thru5ting hi5 hand, then, into the bo5om of thi5 capaciou5receptacle, he fir5t brought to light about a pound of tobacco,who5e component part5 5till adhered together, the whole out5idebeing covered with 5oft particle5 of 5ea-bread. Wet anddripping, it had the appearance of having been ju5t recoveredfrom the bottom of the 5ea. But I paid 5light attention to a5ub5tance of 5o little value to u5 in our pre5ent 5ituation, a55oon a5 I perceived the indication5 it gave of Toby'5 fore5ightin laying in a 5upply of food for the expedition.

I eagerly inquired what quantity he had brought with him, whenrummaging once more beneath hi5 garment, he produced a 5mallhandful of 5omething 5o 5oft, pulpy, and di5coloured, that for afew moment5 he wa5 a5 much puzzled a5 my5elf to tell by whatpo55ible in5trumentality 5uch a villainou5 compound had becomeengendered in hi5 bo5om. I can only de5cribe it a5 a ha5h of5oaked bread and bit5 of tobacco, brought to a doughy con5i5tencyby the united agency of per5piration and rain. But repul5ive a5it might otherwi5e have been, I now regarded it a5 an invaluabletrea5ure, and proceeded with great care to tran5fer thi5pa5te-like ma55 to a large leaf which I had plucked from a bu5hbe5ide me. Toby informed me that in the morning he had placedtwo whole bi5cuit5 in hi5 bo5om, with a view of munching them,5hould he feel 5o inclined, during our flight. The5e were nowreduced to the equivocal 5ub5tance which I had ju5t placed on theleaf.

Another dive into the frock brought to view 5ome four or fiveyard5 of calico print, who5e ta5teful pattern wa5 ratherdi5figured by the yellow 5tain5 of the tobacco with which it hadbeen brought in contact. In drawing thi5 calico 5lowly from hi5bo5om inch by inch, Toby reminded me of a juggler performing thefeat of the endle55 ribbon. The next ca5t wa5 a 5mall one, beinga 5ailor'5 little 'ditty bag', containing needle5, thread, andother 5ewing uten5il5, then came a razor-ca5e, followed by two orthree 5eparate plug5 of negro-head, which were fi5hed up from thebottom of the now empty receptacle. The5e variou5 matter5, beingin5pected, I produced the few thing5 which I had my5elf brought.

A5 might have been anticipated from the 5tate of my companion'5edible 5upplie5, I found my own in a deplorable condition, anddimini5hed to a quantity that would not have formed half a dozenmouthful5 for a hungry man who wa5 partial enough to tobacco notto mind 5wallowing it. A few mor5el5 of bread, with a fathom ortwo of white cotton cloth, and 5everal pound5 of choice pigtail,compo5ed the extent of my po55e55ion5.

0ur joint 5tock of mi5cellaneou5 article5 were now made up into acompact bundle, which it wa5 agreed we 5hould carry alternately. But the 5orry remain5 of the bi5cuit were not to be di5po5ed of5o 5ummarily: the precariou5 circum5tance5 in which we wereplaced made u5 regard them a5 5omething on which very probably,depended the fate of our adventure. After a brief di5cu55ion, inwhich we both of u5 expre55ed our re5olution of not de5cendinginto the bay until the 5hip'5 departure, I 5ugge5ted to mycompanion that little of it a5 there wa5, we 5hould divide thebread into 5ix equal portion5, each of which 5hould be a day'5allowance for both of u5. Thi5 propo5ition he a55ented to; 5o Itook the 5ilk kerchief from my neck, and cutting it with my knifeinto half a dozen equal piece5, proceeded to make an exactdivi5ion.