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Chapter 5. Arabian Tunnel

           Theboat,rowedbystrongarms,flewonitstrack.Severaltimesitapproachedwithinsomefewyards,andtheCanadianwasreadytostrike,butthedugongmadeoffwithasuddenplunge,anditwasimpossibletoreachit.

           ImaginethepassionwhichexcitedimpatientNedLand!HehurledattheunfortunatecreaturethemostenergeticexpletivesintheEnglishtongue.Formypart,Iwasonlyvexedtoseethedugongescapeallourattacks.

           Wepursueditwithoutrelaxationforanhour,andIbegantothinkitwouldprovedifficulttocapture,whentheanimal,possessedwiththeperverseideaofvengeanceofwhichhehadcausetorepent,turneduponthepinnaceandassailedusinitsturn.

           ThismanoeuvredidnotescapetheCanadian.

           "Lookout!"hecried.

           Thecoxswainsaidsomewordsinhisoutlandishtongue,doubtlesswarningthementokeepontheirguard.

           Thedugongcamewithintwentyfeetoftheboat,stopped,sniffedtheairbrisklywithitslargenostrils(notpiercedattheextremity,butintheupperpartofitsmuzzle).Then,takingaspring,hethrewhimselfuponus.

           Thepinnacecouldnotavoidtheshock,andhalfupset,shippedatleasttwotonsofwater,whichhadtobeemptied;but,thankstothecoxswain,wecaughtitsideways,notfullfront,sowewerenotquiteoverturned.WhileNedLand,clingingtothebows,belabouredthegiganticanimalwithblowsfromhisharpoon,thecreature’steethwereburiedinthegunwale,anditliftedthewholethingoutofthewater,asaliondoesaroebuck.

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