Three or four days passed away.  Both night and day we were equally on the alert, but the stock of provisions we had brought with us from the wreck was growing very low, and it was necessary to devise some plan for obtaining more.  The savages, on the other hand, finding that they could not easily surprise us, changed their tactics, and once more came towards us in friendly guise, bringing fruits and vegetables, and pigs and poultry.  Had they been aware of our starving condition, they could not have hit upon a better plan to win our confidence.  Still, however, Cousin Silas did not trust to them.