Blood was flowing
freely from an ugly gash in his face, and it was evident from the
manner in which his left arm hung limp, as they lifted him up, that
either the shoulder or the arm itself was broken.
"Get him alongside at once, lads," Dick said. "I expect he is more
injured than we see. The other fellows will be all right; they can
all swim like fish."
In two or three minutes the injured man was laid down under an
awning over the fore deck of the cruiser, and the surgeon at once
came up.
"How is the child, Doctor?"
"She is still insensible," he said, "but she will soon be all
right. I can't discover any injury, and I think it likely that it
was the sudden shock, and perhaps a knock against the side of the
boat, that stunned her; for I have no doubt she could swim, small
as she is. This is a much more serious affair; he has an ugly gash
in his temple, his collarbone is broken, and," he went on, as he
passed his hands down the patient's side, "he has two, if not more
ribs broken."
"Well, we will leave him to you, Doctor; there are a lot of these
fellows in the water, and I suppose they must be brought on board
until we can get a boat to take them ashore."
In a few minutes eighteen Malays were brought to the side, and the
two canoes, which were floating level with the water, were towed
up and fastened by a rope to the stern of the gunboat.
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