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Helpless and Hopeless

           Experiencehadprovedthatthebarkwaspowerlessagainsttheviolenceofthetorrent,andJohnaccordinglyfelledsomeofthegum-trees,andmadearudebutsolidraftwiththetrunks.Itwasalongtask,andthedayhadgonebeforetheworkwasended.Itwascompletednextmorning.

           Bythistimethewatershadvisiblydiminished;thetorrenthadoncemorebecomeariver,thoughaveryrapidone,itistrue.However,bypursuingazigzagcourse,andovercomingittoacertainextent,Johnhopedtoreachtheoppositeshore.Athalf-pasttwelve,theyembarkedprovisionsenoughforacoupleofdays.Theremainderwasleftwiththewagonandthetent.Mulradywasdoingwellenoughtobecarriedover;hisconvalescencewasrapid.

           Atoneo’clock,theyallseatedthemselvesontheraft,stillmooredtotheshore.JohnMangleshadinstalledhimselfatthestarboard,andentrustedtoWilsonasortofoartosteadytheraftagainstthecurrent,andlessentheleeway.Hetookhisownstandattheback,tosteerbymeansofalargescull;but,notwithstandingtheirefforts,WilsonandJohnManglessoonfoundthemselvesinaninverseposition,whichmadetheactionoftheoarsimpossible.

           Therewasnohelpforit;theycoulddonothingtoarrestthegyratorymovementoftheraft;itturnedroundwithdizzyingrapidity,anddriftedoutofitscourse.JohnManglesstoodwithpalefaceandsetteeth,gazingatthewhirlingcurrent.

           However,therafthadreachedthemiddleoftheriver,abouthalfamilefromthestartingpoint.

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