"Thank you, Ben," we answered.  "We'll take care of ourselves; but we must first find old Surley, whatever happen."  Saying this, we began to work our way aft again, peering and putting our hands into every place where we thought he could be stowed away.  As we were passing along close to the booms on the starboard side, under the long boat, I thought amidst the howling of the tempest that I heard a low whine.  I told Jerry.  We together hunted about the spot till our hands touched a hairy coat.  It was that of old Surley.  Of that we were certain, by hearing him again whine.  He could not move.  Poor fellow, he had been jammed in among the booms.  We judged that there would be great difficulty in releasing him, but after feeling about in all directions round him, we determined to make the attempt.  I took his head and Jerry took his tail, and, watching our opportunity as the spars separated by the movement of the ship, we lifted him out of the trap in which he had been caught.  He licked my face and hands, and then turned round and did the same to Jerry; indeed, he took every means to evince his gratitude.  We were very happy to find that none of his bones had been broken, and together we all three scrambled back in the best way we could to the cabin.  Old Surley seemed to be very hungry after his imprisonment, so I made another excursion on deck to the cook's larder, and got him a piece of meat, with which I returned to the cabin.  We should have been glad of something of the sort ourselves, but as we could not attempt to cook anything, and the meat I had brought was raw, we gave the whole of it to our four-footed friend.  We all sat down on the deck of the cabin, holding on by the legs of the table--that is to say, Jerry and I held on, and Surley lay between us.  The doctor was in his berth.  After, as he said, he had sufficiently enjoyed the scene on deck, he had wisely turned in, feeling that he could be of no use anywhere else.  Never before had I spent so uncomfortable a night on board.  We were very wet, and cold, and hungry, and not at all certain that the ship would not go down, and carry us and all hands with her.