I will not attempt to describe the meeting of Jerry and his father. Captain Frankland, indeed, received us all most kindly and heartily. For a long time he had given us up as lost, but still he had continued the search for us.  The _Dove_ had been captured by the American corvette, and soon afterwards he had fallen in with her.  From the pirates on board the little schooner he discovered that we were on board the large one.  He had pursued her for several months, till at length, passing our island, he had observed our flag-staff and our hut still standing.  This was, fortunately, after our second visit, when we had altered the inscriptions on the trees.  The gale which had wrecked the pirate had driven the _Triton_ somewhat to the southward of her course for the Bonins, whither she was bound to look for us; and thus, by a wonderful coincidence, she appeared at the very moment her coming was of most importance to rescue us from slavery, if not, more probably, from a horrible death.