"Well, Silva, we will try and make you as comfortable as we can," said Cousin Silas, taking his arm.  "We have a doctor to tend you, which you would not have had on board; and as we feel fully that through your influence our lives have been preserved, we will do our best to show our gratitude."  Cousin Silas said this as we were showing the path up to the spot where we had commenced our hut.