We called our guns after the good-natured donors, and had their names engraved on them.  Many a wild-fowl did Burkett and Kilby knock over in various parts of the world.  Old Surley accompanied our visitors.  Mr Brand and he had become great friends after their long swim together; and Kilby, to whom he belonged, in the warmth of his heart presented him to Cousin Silas, who, very much to our satisfaction, did not refuse the gift.  Thus old Surley became our companion in many a subsequent adventure.  Just before we sailed, some very sad news reached the colony.  It was the death of Captain Allen Gardiner and his six companions on the bleak coast of Terra del Fuego, where they had gone for the purpose of forming a missionary establishment, with the hope of spreading a knowledge of the Christian faith among the benighted inhabitants of those wild regions.