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The Life-Buoy

           Thoserockyislandstheshiphadpassedweretheresortofgreatnumbersofseals,andsomeyoungsealsthathadlosttheirdams,orsomedamsthathadlosttheircubs,musthaverisennightheshipandkeptcompanywithher,cryingandsobbingwiththeirhumansortofwall.Butthisonlythemoreaffectedsomeofthem,becausemostmarinerscherishaverysuperstitiousfeelingaboutseals,arisingnotonlyfromtheirpeculiartoneswhenindistress,butalsofromthehumanlookoftheirroundheadsandsemi-intelligentfaces,seenpeeringlyuprisingfromthewateralongside.Inthesea,undercertaincircumstances,sealshavemorethanoncebeenmistakenformen.

           Butthebodingsofthecrewweredestinedtoreceiveamostplausibleconfirmationinthefateofoneoftheirnumberthatmorning.Atsun-risethismanwentfromhishammocktohismast-headatthefore;andwhetheritwasthathewasnotyethalfwakedfromhissleep(forsailorssometimesgoaloftinatransitionstate),whetheritwasthuswiththeman,thereisnownotelling;but,bethatasitmay,hehadnotbeenlongathisperch,whenacrywasheardacryandarushingandlookingup,theysawafallingphantomintheair;andlookingdown,alittletossedheapofwhitebubblesintheblueofthesea.

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