The doctor did not press the point.  Indeed the poor man was not in a condition to be carried.  He told us that his name was Manuel Silva; that he had all his life been knocking about the world, and that he did not look upon any one country as his home.  We asked him no questions, and he did not choose to tell us how he had got on board the vessel where we found him.  The next day, when we went on shore, the governor told us that he had often difficult work in keeping the convicts in order, and that not long ago a dozen of them contrived to run off with a boat, headed by a desperate fellow who had been a seaman.  They got clear away, and soon after news was brought that a large brig had been attacked and taken, and all the crew made to walk the plank.