noon
This is my gift : three thousand sticks of tobacco , three large bags of biscuit , nine matted bags of rice , three muskets , a keg of powder , and a thousand round bullets -- all these to be divided . '' The munificence of the gift was too much for the native mind to resist , and to Mrs. Tracey 's pleasure , old Roku , speaking for the people generally , said they were well pleased and would now `` have no anger in their hearts against the black , man-eating strangers . '' She decided to return to the ship with about ten or a dozen natives and see her present handed over to them by Barradas , leaving Barry to follow later on ; for he had yet another task before him -- the burial of Chase . A little before noon a boat left the brig , carrying the man 's body , which was in a hastily made coffin . Under Barry 's direction a grave had already been dug in the little cemetery on the end of the islet , and here he was buried , the officer reading the service with Joe and two other of the white seamen standing beside him . Then he returned on board again . Barradas and Mrs. Tracey met him as soon as he stepped on the deck , which was covered with loose sticks of tobacco , ship biscuit , bags of rice , etc. -- the present intended for the relatives of the dead men -- which were being passed over the side into the other boat , where the eager , excited Tebuan people received every article with shouts of approval .