Chapter 4 opens aboard Cargunka's ship, the "Happy Return", as Cargunka sights the wreck just offshore of Three Finger Island. Jensag has accompanied him as ship's steward, hoping to find that his wife has survived the wreck. Cargunka gives the rest of the crew leave to go ashore and prepare for a picnic dinner while Carunka himself takes a smaller boat, called a "shore-punt," to view the wreck. He finds nothing unusual, and decides to come back at low tide, when more of the wreck will be uncovered; meanwhile, he goes ashore to cook for the men.