he would be wanted to make one of the crew. It was not many weeks after Captain Adam's return that the Carrier Pigeon set sail for San Francisco laden with some of the produce of nearly every industry on the island. These were plantains and plantain flour, cloth, plantain wine, many articles of clothing, some very fine specimens of cabinet work sent from the carpenter's shop, and many other things, too numerous to be set down here. Before sailing, the man who had been appointed captain of the Carrier Pigeon went to see each one of the men and women who had contributed something to the cargo, to know what they wished to have brought back in exchange for the things they had sent. He went first to the carpenter, who had reckoned that the things he had sent would fetch 20l. in San Francisco. "Your things are worth fully 20l.," said the sailor; "what shall I bring you back?" "Why, bring me 20l.," said the carpenter, "or as much more as you can get. I will give you a shilling out of every pound you bring me home." "All right," replied the sailor, and the bargain was
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