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In
fact
,
the
canoe
probably
would
not
have
been
able
to
contain
the
articles
possibly
enclosed
in
the
chest
,
which
doubtless
was
heavy
,
since
two
empty
barrels
were
required
to
buoy
it
up
.
It
was
,
therefore
,
much
better
to
tow
it
to
the
beach
at
Granite
House
.
And
now
,
whence
had
this
chest
come
?
That
was
the
important
question
.
Cyrus
Harding
and
his
companions
looked
attentively
around
them
,
and
examined
the
shore
for
several
hundred
steps
.
No
other
articles
or
pieces
of
wreck
could
be
found
.
Herbert
and
Neb
climbed
a
high
rock
to
survey
the
sea
,
but
there
was
nothing
in
sight
--
neither
a
dismasted
vessel
nor
a
ship
under
sail
.
However
,
there
was
no
doubt
that
there
had
been
a
wreck
.
Perhaps
this
incident
was
connected
with
that
of
the
bullet
?
Perhaps
strangers
had
landed
on
another
part
of
the
island
?
Perhaps
they
were
still
there
?
But
the
thought
which
came
naturally
to
the
settlers
was
,
that
these
strangers
could
not
be
Malay
pirates
,
for
the
chest
was
evidently
of
American
or
European
make
.
All
the
party
returned
to
the
chest
,
which
was
of
an
unusually
large
size
.
It
was
made
of
oak
wood
,
very
carefully
closed
and
covered
with
a
thick
hide
,
which
was
secured
by
copper
nails
.
The
two
great
barrels
,
hermetically
sealed
,
but
which
sounded
hollow
and
empty
,
were
fastened
to
its
sides
by
strong
ropes
,
knotted
with
a
skill
which
Pencroft
directly
pronounced
sailors
alone
could
exhibit
.
It
appeared
to
be
in
a
perfect
state
of
preservation
,
which
was
explained
by
the
fact
that
it
had
stranded
on
a
sandy
beach
,
and
not
among
rocks
.
They
had
no
doubt
whatever
,
on
examining
it
carefully
,
that
it
had
not
been
long
in
the
water
,
and
that
its
arrival
on
this
coast
was
recent
.
The
water
did
not
appear
to
have
penetrated
to
the
inside
,
and
the
articles
which
it
contained
were
no
doubt
uninjured
.
It
was
evident
that
this
chest
had
been
thrown
overboard
from
some
dismasted
vessel
driven
towards
the
island
,
and
that
,
in
the
hope
that
it
would
reach
the
land
,
where
they
might
afterwards
find
it
,
the
passengers
had
taken
the
precaution
to
buoy
it
up
by
means
of
this
floating
apparatus
.
"
We
will
tow
this
chest
to
Granite
House
,
"
said
the
engineer
,
"
where
we
can
make
an
inventory
of
its
contents
;
then
,
if
we
discover
any
of
the
survivors
from
the
supposed
wreck
,
we
can
return
it
to
those
to
whom
it
belongs
.
If
we
find
no
one
--
"
"
We
will
keep
it
for
ourselves
!
"
cried
Pencroft
.
"
But
what
in
the
world
can
there
be
in
it
?
"
The
sea
was
already
approaching
the
chest
,
and
the
high
tide
would
evidently
float
it
.
One
of
the
ropes
which
fastened
the
barrels
was
partly
unlashed
and
used
as
a
cable
to
unite
the
floating
apparatus
with
the
canoe
.
Pencroft
and
Neb
then
dug
away
the
sand
with
their
oars
,
so
as
to
facilitate
the
moving
of
the
chest
,
towing
which
the
boat
soon
began
to
double
the
point
,
to
which
the
name
of
Flotsam
Point
was
given
.
The
chest
was
heavy
,
and
the
barrels
were
scarcely
sufficient
to
keep
it
above
water
.
The
sailor
also
feared
every
instant
that
it
would
get
loose
and
sink
to
the
bottom
of
the
sea
.
