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Tempest

           

           Eventhoughhersailswerethenextremelyreduced,the"Pilgrim"continued,nonetheless,tosailwithexcessivevelocity.

           The12ththeweathertookastillworseappearance.Onthatday,atdawn,DickSandsaw,notwithoutterror,thebarometerfalltotwenty-sevenandnine-tenthsinches.Itwasarealtempestwhichwasraging,andsuchthatthe"Pilgrim"couldnotcarryeventhelittlesailshehadleft.

           DickSand,seeingthathistop-sailwasgoingtobetorn,gavetheordertofurl.Butitwasinvain.Amoreviolentguststrucktheshipatthatmoment,andtoreoffthesail.Austin,whowasontheyardoftheforetop-sail,wasstruckbythelarboardsheet-rope.Wounded,butratherslightly,hecouldclimbdownagaintothedeck.

           DickSand,extremelyanxious,hadbutonethought.Itwasthattheship,urgedwithsuchfury,wasgoingtobedashedtopieceseverymoment;for,accordingtohiscalculation,therocksofthecoastcouldnotbedistant.Hethenreturnedtotheprow,buthesawnothingwhichhadtheappearanceofland,andthen,camebacktothewheel.

           AmomentafterNegorocameondeck.There,suddenly,asifinspiteofhimself,hisarmwasextendedtowardapointofthehorizon.Onewouldsaythatherecognizedsomehighlandinthefogs!

           Still,oncemorehesmiledwickedly,andwithoutsayinganythingofwhathehadbeenabletosee,hereturnedtohispost.

           

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