With the plans in his possession, Richard proceeded to carry out the rest of his plot. First he pushed some boards over the side, which were to serve as a raft, and then, with the packet, tied to him, scrambled down a rope to the water. His scheme was to paddle himself to the island. He had given up the idea of swimming because he had noticed more than one huge shark around the ship. In this picture Richard appears somewhat worried. First he lost the board he was going to use as a paddle, and so had to trust that the raft would drift to the island. Then, after floating all night, lie discovered that the raft had drifted anywhere but where he wished to go. Certainly there was island on the horizon, but he did not recognise it as the one he had s rom the ship on the previous evening. Poor Richard was in a fix.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 3 October 1936, Page 11

With the plans in his possession, Richard proceeded to carry out the rest of his plot. First he pushed some boards over the side, which were to serve as a raft, and then, with the packet, tied to him, scrambled down a rope to the water. His scheme was to paddle himself to the island. He had given up the idea of swimming because he had noticed more than one huge shark around the ship.

In this picture Richard appears somewhat worried. First he lost the board he was going to use as a paddle, and so had to trust that the raft would drift to the island. Then, after floating all night, lie discovered that the raft had drifted anywhere but where he wished to go. Certainly there was island on the horizon, but he did not recognise it as the one he had s rom the ship on the previous evening. Poor Richard was in a fix.