In Search of an Unknown Race — page 248: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

234 VAN. One by one the dusky warriors arrayed themselves in patched trousers and dingy shirts, invariably worn after the manner of a Chinese blouse, but head or foot cover- ing they did not require. It was nightfall when Van, leaving the Kroo at the wheel, with one of the younger natives who was learn- ing to steer, went below for a more thorough examina- tion of the cabin. Everything seemed to indicate that the spurious cap- tain of the Rattler must have been making considerable money, to judge from certain memoranda which Van found in the table drawer with the bills of lading. In the two trips the schooner had made since her capture, she had netted nearly six thousand dollars, and the cargo which she then carried bought, on account of ‘‘Captain Charles Bates and others,” was valued at nearly as much more. ‘It looks to me as though all this money must be on board somewhere,” mused Van, after laying aside the memoranda and papers. And he was right. Under the head of the mattress in the captain’s berth was Captain Peterson’s tin trunk. Of the sum originally left by the captain, some two thousand dollars still remained, the balance having been expended in the purchase of the first freight. But with this were the profits I have alluded to, so that Captain Peterson’s former property was considerably exceeded by the present gain. Further examination showed him that the pantry and store room were well stocked, and that the supply of water, if carefully husbanded, would last till they arrived. Eomichookssco