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Chapter 26

           Herethehuntersstoredtheammunition-boxestheycarriedintheboats,andhere,butafewfeetfromtheirnoisyrevels,Itookpossessionoftwoboxes.

           Next,toloweraboat.Notsosimpleataskforoneman.Havingcastoffthelashings,Ihoistedfirstontheforwardtackle,thenontheaft,tilltheboatclearedtherail,whenIloweredaway,onetackleandthentheother,foracoupleoffeet,tillithungsnugly,abovethewater,againsttheschooner’sside.Imadecertainthatitcontainedtheproperequipmentofoars,rowlocks,andsail.Waterwasaconsideration,andIrobbedeveryboataboardofitsbreaker.Astherewerenineboatsalltold,itmeantthatweshouldhaveplentyofwater,andballastaswell,thoughtherewasthechancethattheboatwouldbeoverloaded,whatofthegeneroussupplyofotherthingsIwastaking.

           WhileMaudwaspassingmetheprovisionsandIwasstoringthemintheboat,asailorcameondeckfromtheforecastle.Hestoodbytheweatherrailforatime(wewereloweringovertheleerail),andthensaunteredslowlyamidships,whereheagainpausedandstoodfacingthewind,withhisbacktowardus.IcouldhearmyheartbeatingasIcrouchedlowintheboat.Maudhadsunkdownuponthedeckandwas,Iknew,lyingmotionless,herbodyintheshadowofthebulwark.Butthemanneverturned,and,afterstretchinghisarmsabovehisheadandyawningaudibly,heretracedhisstepstotheforecastlescuttleanddisappeared.

           Afewminutessufficedtofinishtheloading,andIloweredtheboatintothewater

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