Chapter 36

           FortwodaysMaudandIrangedtheseaandexploredthebeachesinsearchofthemissingmasts.Butitwasnottillthethirddaythatwefoundthem,allofthem,theshearsincluded,and,ofallperilousplaces,inthepoundingsurfofthegrimsouth-westernpromontory.Andhowweworked!Atthedarkendofthefirstdaywereturned,exhausted,toourlittlecove,towingthemainmastbehindus.Andwehadbeencompelledtorow,inadeadcalm,practicallyeveryinchoftheway.

           Anotherdayofheart-breakinganddangeroustoilsawusincampwiththetwotopmaststothegood.ThedayfollowingIwasdesperate,andIraftedtogethertheforemast,theforeandmainbooms,andtheforeandmaingaffs.Thewindwasfavourable,andIhadthoughttotowthembackundersail,butthewindbaffled,thendiedaway,andourprogresswiththeoarswasasnail’space.Anditwassuchdispiritingeffort.Tothrowone’swholestrengthandweightontheoarsandtofeeltheboatcheckedinitsforwardlungebytheheavydragbehind,wasnotexactlyexhilarating.

           Nightbegantofall,andtomakemattersworse,thewindsprangupahead.Notonlydidallforwardmotioncease,butwebegantodriftbackandouttosea.IstruggledattheoarstillIwasplayedout.PoorMaud,whomIcouldneverpreventfromworkingtothelimitofherstrength,layweaklybackinthestern-sheets.Icouldrownomore.Mybruisedandswollenhandscouldnolongercloseontheoarhandles.

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