A Good Deal Of My Time Was Spent In Taking Care Of A
Little Puppy, Which I Had Selected From Thirty-Six, That Were Born
Within Three Days Of One Another, At Our House.
He was a fine,
promising pup, with four white paws, and all the rest of his body
of a dark brown.
I built a little kennel for him, and kept him
fastened there, away from the other dogs, feeding and disciplining
him myself. In a few weeks, I got him in complete subjection,
and he grew finely, was very much attached to me, and bid fair
to be one of the leading dogs on the beach. I called him Bravo,
and the only thing I regretted at the thought of leaving the beach,
was parting with him.
Day after day, we went up the hill, but no ship was to be seen,
and we began to form all sorts of conjectures as to her whereabouts;
and the theme of every evening's conversation at the different houses,
and in our afternoon's paséo upon the beach, was the ship - where
she could be - had she been to San Francisco? - how many hides she
would bring, etc., etc.
Tuesday, August 25th. This morning, the officer in charge of
our house went off beyond the point a fishing, in a small canoe,
with two Kanakas; and we were sitting quietly in our room at the
hide-house, when, just before noon, we heard a complete yell of
"Sail ho!" breaking out from all parts of the beach, at once, - from
the Kanakas' oven to the Rosa's house.
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