New-York tribune., 1884-03-02
CHAPTER XL.
LAND no!

should only be tedious to give yon fact by fact,
the passage of that day; thought 1t would uever
end I'd sometimes look at the sun and fancy be
was under y spell and meant to stop where he was.
80 long he took TO reach his meridian and so tedious
was his descent. At noon. by my watch, we opened
n tin Of meat aud made a meal. There were
plates nor knives and forks; and had to serve
out tho meat by digging it up from the TIN with
sheath-knfo that one Of the scamen handed to me.
placed n couple of cnbes of it on two cuddy bis
cuits. and persuaded Florence and her aunt TO cat.
A drink of water was then passed round, but As
there was only ono vessel for that purpose IL tin
pannikin- and as it went against TO think OF my
darling putting her lips to such goblet that,
knocked of tho head Of Il bottle of vine. leaving
the cork in, which did worry we'll as glass for my
pet and her aunt.
II fell a dead calm soOn after the hour of noon /:
the swell ran very softly, tiko quicksilver, with
shadow of blue. that looked I" glide OIL its SUBMITS
as the folds rolled forward hot it would have been
at that hour had tho sun showed a clear disk; but
all the morning Il sort of haze, that neither fog
nor cloud, had been working up over the sky.
making the blue Of it so dim that 1t was difficult to
tell it from tn paos green with patches of notion
less cloud hanging under ii 80 that the sun was just
blazing, Shapolcss blot. resembling liquid fire.
oozinr through a holo IN the sky and forming II
before this hour Florence had thrown off her warm
Jacket and Aunt Damaris her wonderful cloak.
my pot-cloth coat begging pardon for being III my
shirt-slecyGJ and the bo'snn his slecyed wastcoat
When tho calm fell we put couple of oars ont TO
draw mar to the long boat, rs wished 10 consult
Daniol thinking it pity that, since We had but
sixty OF seventy odd miles to measure. we did not
take to rowing SO as to make the most OF this
smooth water and fine wcathor. We approached
ooso aud pat tho point TO Daniel Ito stood up to
answer me- and il was a moving sight. can tell
you to SEQ tho crowd of faces all looking at us
men, womon and children with several pairs of
eyes cleaning under tho foot OF the lug
It's not only that wore too crowded for row.
ing" answered Daniel. but our boats too heavy 10
do anything with her in that way thatll be
serviceablc. Wo're not like you, Seymour smart,
light gig: our oars pretty nearly sweeps. and
there's no use putting my people to galley slaves
The truth Of this struck mo when looked
ut his large, deep pill-bOwed, crowded boat. and
waving my hand | sung out, You're right. cap
tam /; it would be galley slaves work with you
lie exclaimed: fca can take to your oars # yOu
ike. We don't want to detan you but I'd rather
the boats should keep together 30 lOug It's pOsSl
bio for them to DO So.
replied that had no intention of parting com
pany and 80 our brief cOlOquy came TO AN end.
But IT was idle, trying work. sitting upon thtt
heaYing. FURNISHED surface, watching tho boats
swinging over II. with two or the quarter. p"dts
astern, fading out III the brassy glare of the sun
upon the water. Our patience however. was not
long tested; it about o'clock III tho afternoon
| when looking up at the sky. perceived drifting
Of the clouds away toward tho southwest: and soon
afterward, while standing up "a peer around the
horizon for any sign of IA snip. sped the water
daik in tho northeast quarter: and within twenty
minutes the boats were pushing forward again be-
fore IA merry breeze that whipped tho ocean atresh
into blue putting feathers Of foam into the curl of
what was little moro than rpplos, and cleansing tho
heavens somewhat. though there were clouds IN the
sen.line TO windward with look about them that
made mo think tho breeze would freshen rs the sun
declined. Tho unequal sailing powers of our little
| squadron were again shown; wo had to tic reef
in our luE-saIl ~ enable to keep abreast Of the
long boat and case OF our sheet until the sal was