After Ralph had finished getting his gold on the vessel, he remained three days longer, for appearance's sake, to allow the vessel to be loaded with sassafras and cedar wood. Then the bark dropped down the river, stopping at each Indian village to trade for peltries. The last village left behind, the vessel bore away for the Capes, and Ralph heaved a sigh of relief when he passed between them and was on the broad ocean and bound for England.
The voyage home was uneventful, the whole expedition being made in very little more than four months.
