use their paws. I was
getting very weak with scurvy towards the end; but as soon as the snow
melted plants began to shoot, and I was able to collect green stuff, so
that I was nearly well by the time I was picked up."

The weather continued fine all the time they were coasting up the
Chilian coast. They were a week at Valparaiso getting out the cargo
they had brought for that town, and did some trading at smaller ports;
but at last, just four months after leaving England, they dropped
anchor off Callao. "Well, it has been a jolly voyage, Harry," his
brother said as they were rowed ashore, after a hearty farewell from
the captain and the first officer.

"I am glad you enjoyed it, Bertie. I was sorry all the time I hadn't
taken a passage for you aft."

"I am better pleased to have been at work; it would have been awfully
slow otherwise. The mates were both good fellows, and I got on well
with the other apprentices. I tried at first not to turn out on night
watch, as I was not obliged to do so, but I soon gave it up; it seemed
disgusting to be lying there when the others had to turn out. It has
been a jolly voyage, but I am glad that we are here at last, and are
going to set to work in search of treasures."

"I had begun to think that we should not get on shore to-day," Harry
said as they neared the landing-place. "What with three hours' waiting
for the medical officer, and another three for that bumptious official
whom they call the port officer, and without whose permission no one is
allowed to land, I think everyone on board was so disgusted that we
should have liked nothing better than to pitch the fellow overboard. It
was rather amusing to watch all those boatmen crowding round shouting
the praises of their own craft and running down the others. But a
little of it goes a long way. It is the same pretty nearly at every
port I have entered. Boatmen are harpies of the worst kind. It is lucky
that we had so little baggage; a tip of a couple of dollars was enough
to render the custom-house officer not only civil but