Chapter 18

           Thenextday,whilethestormwasblowingitselfout,WolfLarsenandIcrammedanatomyandsurgeryandsetMugridge’sribs.Then,whenthestormbroke,WolfLarsencruisedbackandforthoverthatportionoftheoceanwherewehadencounteredit,andsomewhatmoretothewestward,whiletheboatswerebeingrepairedandnewsailsmadeandbent.Sealingschooneraftersealingschoonerwesightedandboarded,mostofwhichwereinsearchoflostboats,andmostofwhichwerecarryingboatsandcrewstheyhadpickedupandwhichdidnotbelongtothem.Forthethickofthefleethadbeentothewestwardofus,andtheboats,scatteredfarandwide,hadheadedinmadflightforthenearestrefuge.

           Twoofourboats,withmenallsafe,wetookofftheCisco,and,toWolfLarsen’shugedelightandmyowngrief,heculledSmoke,withNilsonandLeach,fromtheSanDiego.Sothat,attheendoffivedays,wefoundourselvesshortbutfourmenHenderson,Holyoak,Williams,andKellyandwereoncemorehuntingontheflanksoftheherd.

           Aswefolloweditnorthwebegantoencounterthedreadedsea-fogs.Dayafterdaytheboatsloweredandwereswallowedupalmosteretheytouchedthewater,whileweonboardpumpedthehornatregularintervalsandeveryfifteenminutesfiredthebombgun.Boatswerecontinuallybeinglostandfound,itbeingthecustomforaboattohunt,onlay,withwhateverschoonerpickeditup,untilsuchtimeitwasrecoveredbyitsownschooner.

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