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Chapter 33

           Alreadyourfourpaddleswereglancinginthewater,andthecanoeboundedovertheglassysealikeadolphin,whileashoutfromourpursuerstoldthattheyhadobservedourmotions.

           "Iseesomethinglikelandahead,"saidJackinahopefultone."Itseemsimpossiblethatwecouldhavemadetheislandyet;still,ifitisso,wemayreachitbeforethesefellowscancatchus,forourcanoeislightandourmusclesarefresh."

           Noonereplied;for,tosaytruth,wefeltthatinalongchasewehadnochancewhateverwithacanoewhichheldnearlyahundredwarriors.Nevertheless,weresolvedtodoourutmosttoescape,andpaddledwithadegreeofvigourthatkeptuswellinadvanceofourpursuers.Thewar-canoewassofarbehindusthatitseemedbutalittlespeckonthesea,andtheshoutstowhichthecrewoccasionallygaveventcamefaintlytowardsusonthemorningbreeze.Wethereforehopedthatweshouldbeabletokeepinadvanceforanhourortwo,whenwemightperhapsreachthelandahead.Butthishopewassuddenlycrushedbythesupposedland,notlongafter,risingupintothesky,thusprovingitselftobeafog-bank!

           Abitterfeelingofdisappointmentfilledeachheart,andwasexpressedoneachcountenance,aswebeheldthisterminationtoourhopes.Butwehadlittletimetothinkofregret.Ourdangerwastoogreatandimminenttopermitofamoment’srelaxationfromourexertions.

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