Her new home could not yet be seen; but before her lay Four WindsHarbor like a great, shining mirror of rose and silver.

They had not met anybody on the moist, red road that wound along theharbor shore.

"Probably she's some visitor in Four Winds--likely some one from that big summer hotel over theharbor."

Here it was that the Ithaca came to anchor in a littleharbor, while her crew under von Horn, and the Malay first mate, Bududreen, accompanied Professor Maxon in search of a suitable location for a permanent camp.

As she sat speculating on the strange change which had come over her father her eyes had wandered aimlessly along theharbor's entrance; the low reef that protected it from the sea, and the point of land to the south, that projected far out into the strait like a gigantic index finger pointing toward the mainland, the foliage covered heights of which were just visible above the western horizon.

When it had come to within half a mile of the anchorage of the Ithaca, and was about to enter the mouth of theharbor Sing Lee's eyes chanced to fall upon it.

They told us the ship had been lying at anchor in theharbor two or three hours.

Such another system of overhauling, general littering of cabins and packing of trunks we had not seen since we let go the anchor in theharbor of Beirout.

At last, one pleasant morning, we steamed up theharbor of New York, all on deck, all dressed in Christian garb--by special order, for there was a latent disposition in some quarters to come out as Turks--and amid a waving of handkerchiefs from welcoming friends, the glad pilgrims noted the shiver of the decks that told that ship and pier had joined hands again and the long, strange cruise was over.

About three o'clock in the afternoon they came about off a beautiful wooded shore opposite the mouth of what appeared to be a land-lockedharbor.

Before dark the barkentine lay peacefully at anchor upon the bosom of the still, mirror-like surface of theharbor.