"It will yet be some time before we leave the brig. We ought to have sighted Auckland light thirty-six hours ago."
Glenarvan did not answer. He still gazed, and for a moment his glass was pointed towards the horizon to windward of the vessel.
"The land is not on that side," said Captain Mangles. "Your lordship should look towards the starboard."
"Why, John?" replied Glenarvan. "It is not the land that I am seeking."
"What is it, my lord?"
A COURAGEOUS CAPTAIN.
Day and night, heedless of the torrents of rain and the dashing spray of the sea, he remained on deck.