All this time the crew were working on salvage and were not interrupted until the th, when the robbers started sniping from the hills, but bolted when the soldiers' went after them. As the days wore on there were other troubles owing to the coolies, divers and soldiers demanding immediate pay, but the genius of the compradore, who. bor-Towed from the crew and wherever he could, passing the money round after the ''Charley's Aunt" fashion, saved the situation. Finally the crew themselves joined in the financial agitation, but it was made clear to them that things would go pretty hard with them later on if they did not behave properly and so they, too, were calmed down.
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