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ship that any of us realized the position
We were in. There lay the skip ! ke a
phantom in the cle.,r m onlighi, not q
s"und except the oecasional sough OF her
stern as she s+tiIed after a swell We sis
irntIy sat and driftrd, each deep in. his
own thoughts. "A. l,Igsh our liOat>steer-
er whispered: Y Now. lsoys, man the oars
fcr The land and libeitN2 80
THIS htok- the sprll and each man bent
to his oar and gave a long pull and a
strong p.li for fie, dom. We shaped our
course due east, knowing that it would
lit the brad side Ui A erica somewhere.
| At duybrrak The ship was nowhere 10 be
seen-@e were aluDr on the apparently
boundl-ss de'p-ind an uudefinrd feeling
seemed to take possession OF us all viv,
Idly iniinessiug unoi' us the utter help
/ lr-snrsS Of our 10 itiOn, aud we knew,
without the sssi<tr nee Of the Divine
i hand ot Providence, none Of US would
ever reach the shore, for none of us b ID
the ftntrst idea of navig ,tian. About
nine O'Clock in the mo. ming suong
bre ze commenced blowing fiom the wesl-
ward, which al WI us 10 r.si from the.
oars. Every sail was set, and away We
Went At tie rate of four knols an hour. for
six days and nights. never stacking a tack
or sheet. W. made the land on he
NOR ing of the seventh day, whicr was
the o'ea,ion Of much j"y as oul water
naS getting very low.
have not tie power tn describe our
feeli"gs we sil 6;ly gaze,l at the dark
outlines of The coast, wiihIhe hpsvy clouds
Ruling M. he al ls If aH appioa ching
storm. Thi- fair wind which had brought
u 50 f bad di. d away.And we manned
The oar> and pulled for the coast. What
pull. tn was! AN day lnug We heni the
wiling arE MI vet there was scare, ly a
prrcrptlbls difference ia The dis nre I.>
tween our logelv boat and the long soaght
shhre. 1t was lng alter dark when we
6 t close IL, ard We pulled very carefully.
for We Neie farful OF r1nuing nprn one
Of she meliy rrelset elnbing sgawa;d.
About midnight our boat rnn on to
something which. slipped along her bol-
tom With peculiar SQUAD. We im,nedi-
ate, y tJ3l cd Iulliig, AID the qaeStion
anxi Fsls d opptd from ev.rY lip, '-wlai
isip:" :" 1t Was 20 dark we cnnld not SEE
each others fac $, Yet jodsing others by
ms 4, fear had possession Of US all II d
ii cen rock cr sand-haEk We could
have uud rs'poi it, bur ,Eat dark mass Of
some lin sowl ich k pit The sea quier--ior
mt d ripple dis urb-,l its suifies-puz-
z'ed us. After few moments orc of the
crew vent red his hand over the side to
feel what it was but drew it quirk'y y
ba,,k with the cry of snakrs." i lad
re d Of "sra-snakes 'Nnd /" "sea>>e pent>;"
but never expected to ftrtl boat gh and
dry them. AT er many attempts we
go' one up aad i"hnd it to be ''krIp," or
what is known in Boston Bay rs " Cape
Ann mo nil gs'' We fastened our boat
TO the ktlp fr the rest of The ni@ht, and
all slept soundlv for ihe first time since
we left the ship.
The next morning broke clear AMI fine,
and the sun roli'd mp IRON behind the
hi Is in all is glor.o-s splendor, and we
were enabl 10 have full view OF tie
surrounding county. Oar boat lay about
a quar- er of mile from shore, which was
dark aud high, wi st,ow-covefed nouns
tirs in the hack ground. The shore
line was step and rocky, and long reefs
making out, wi he ga breaking aud
fnHring over them. AT er careful sur
vev VIZ finn d n small bend or nnuk Of
sand beach. HIRE we Ian ed and found
fresh water ,ricklng !nm TIE rocks We
bPuled our boat up, Lighted fire and
looked 'blut 10 Sre if We could find any
signs of fativrs. We could discover
no Ling to indicate that they had ever
vi>i ID lie spo. We accordingly d ler>
mind TO remain short lime to recruit
We ieasted ,Ump' upon he mussels,
of which here was an abundance hanging
npnu the rocks. w. all telt hrppy at onr
& cd f une, b ugh we knew MT " hat
tie next day Would ring forth, Yet We
we're Zee from he irksonr duy of tie
sh,p, AID the abuse nt her 'fRcers.
We r-mai,,ed at this place two days,
thin taking in good sup ly Of mussels
AID water. we .start,d on, our journey
scu y ard. Though meme of us kurw On
what p IT Of h- coast We were. We al
greed thu it was the etast If Alaska,
II Siikd. We p'lieI and sailed along
Al coast putting in at nigh, when we
nj find b rbo-. 20 regal ourselves or
rnr,- e chowd = W. cnas,d along in
th W yfor iLirtr. d'ys-seei.g no YES
sci n. + any gns OF natives.