About fifty of the Utopians accompanied them to witness the burial.
There was a gate at the eastern wall similar to the other one, and when our friends passed through this they saw a broad river in front of them.
A large, flat-bottomed boat was moored to the shore not over a hundred yards away.
A number of the Utopians promptly set to work to dig a grave in the spot selected by Jack Howard.
When it was ready Prof. Drearland repeated a short prayer, and the body of the brave girl, who had shared the dangers and hardships of the explorers, was tenderly laid to rest.
Jack was the last to leave the grave, and, when he did so, he noticed that his friends had already gathered upon the boat.
The Utopians who came with them to witness and assist in the burial of the girl, were standing at the gate waiting for them, thinking that the strangers were merely examining the boat.
It was fast growing dark, and casting a last look at the grave of Masie Langford, Jack Howard led his horse down to the water's edge and boarded the scowlike craft.
He had scarcely done so when he felt the boat moving.
There was ample cause for this, since all hands had seized poles and were pushing with all their might.