The old gentleman I had been the means of saving proved to be the chief person on board.  We made out that the junk was from Loo-Choo, but that he himself belonged to some town in Japan.  This we discovered by showing him a map, and from the very significant signs he made.  While we were making all sorts of pantomimic gestures, Mr Renshaw suggested that a lad we had on board, supposed to be a Chinese, might perhaps be able to talk with him.  Chin Chi had been picked up from a wreck at sea on a former voyage of the _Triton_, and had now made some progress in his knowledge of English.  Chin Chi was brought aft with some reluctance.  What, however, was our astonishment to see the old gentleman gaze at him earnestly for some minutes; they exchanged a few words; then they proved that Japanese nature was very like English nature, for, rushing forward, they threw themselves into each other's arms--the father had found a long-lost son!