THEleadingparticularsofthisnarrationwereallthatAugustuscommunicatedtomewhileweremainednearthebox。Itwasnotuntilafterwardthatheenteredfullyintoallthedetails。Hewasapprehensiveofbeingmissed，andIwaswildwithimpatiencetoleavemydetestedplaceofconfinement。Weresolvedtomakeourwayatoncetotheholeinthebulkhead，nearwhichIwastoremainforthepresent，whilehewentthroughtoreconnoiter。ToleaveTigerintheboxwaswhatneitherofuscouldenduretothinkof，yet，howtoactotherwisewasthequestion。Henowseemedtobeperfectlyquiet，andwecouldnotevendistinguishthesoundofhisbreathinguponapplyingourearscloselytothebox。Iwasconvincedthathewasdead，anddeterminedtoopenthedoor。Wefoundhimlyingatfulllength，apparentlyinadeepstupor，yetstillalive。Notimewastobelost，yetIcouldnotbringmyselftoabandonananimalwhohadnowbeentwiceinstrumentalinsavingmylife，withoutsomeattemptatpreservinghim。Wethereforedraggedhimalongwithusaswellaswecould，althoughwiththegreatestdifficultyandfatigue；
Augustus，duringpartofthetime，beingforcedtoclamberovertheimpedimentsinourwaywiththehugedoginhisarms-afeattowhichthefeeblenessofmyframerenderedmetotallyinadequate。Atlengthwesucceededinreachingthehole，whenAugustusgotthrough，andTigerwaspushedinafterward。Allwasfoundtobesafe，andwedidnotfailtoreturnsincerethankstoGodforourdeliverancefromtheimminentdangerwehadescaped。Forthepresent，itwasagreedthatI
shouldremainneartheopening，throughwhichmycompanioncouldreadilysupplymewithapartofhisdailyprovision，andwhereI
couldhavetheadvantagesofbreathinganatmospherecomparativelypure。
Inexplanationofsomeportionsofthisnarrative，whereinIhavespokenofthestowageofthebrig，andwhichmayappearambiguoustosomeofmyreaderswhomayhaveseenaproperorregularstowage，I