| Capt. Mazard, three months and a half, | $350 |
| The six sailors, three months each, | 720 |
| Palmleaf, three months, | 90 |
| Schooner, | 300 |
| Damage done by shot, | 100 |
| In all, | $1,560 |
| Then the expense of outfit, | 1,100 |
| Giving a total, for the voyage, of | $2,660 |
The remaining $40 from the $1,600 we gave to Bonney in consideration of the wound received in our service.
"Wish that splinter had hit me!" laughed Donovan.
"Go with us next summer, and we will give you a chance for one," replied Kit.
"Do you really think of going up there another season?" said Capt. Mazard.
"Not into Hudson Straits, perhaps," replied Raed. "But we are going north again next spring. And, captain, I wish we might again be able to secure your services as well as those of the crew. 'The Curlew' just suits us. We have got her fitted up for our purpose. We intended to have built a schooner-yacht; but, if you will put a price on 'The Curlew,' we will consider it with a view to buying her."
Capt. Mazard was unwilling, however, to sell his vessel.
"But I will make you this proposition," said he: "I will place 'The Curlew,' with my own services as captain, at your disposal,—you to pay all expenses,—for the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per annum."
We went below to consult.
"I don't believe we could do better," remarked Kit. "It will relieve us of all the cares of building and ownership."