The travellers wore immediately surrounded by friendly natives, who spoke good French, The ise Jand having no wireless, the airmen could only wait, ory as Capt. Goulette expresses it, play Robinson Crusoe. Knowing that efforts would be made to find them, they were not anxious, but the time seemed long. AN the and the fourth day, smoke showed itself on the horizon, and Capt. Goulette, remarking philosophically fell. they can't do anything until to-morrow morning," turned in, 2 oan, Marchesseau reported that the vessel had arrived, and they saw her at anchor a couple of miles from the land, whereupon they went to sleep agai At daybreak a whale-boat put off from the shin, which proved to be the French cruiser Marechal Galliéni, The officer in command Jof the boat scorned astonished to ce the three airmen waiting for him. "Everyone thought you were at the bottom of the sea," he said, "How splendid to find you heret* and, with the engaging frankness of a sailor, he said that the ship's cruise had been ordered merely to give "moral satisfaction" to the Telatives of the supposedly drowned men. Leaving Bourgeois to. keep. the machine, and pro with a gun for plo Shootin, to while away. the time, Capt, Gouilette and Marchesseau went on hoard the raiser and were taken back to Majunga and Antananarivo, where they were Received Tike' men vison from the dead.
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