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On the Horizon

           Thosemountainsofwaterranfasterthantheschooner,threateningtostrikehersternifshedidnotriseprettyfast.Thatisextremedangerforeveryshipwhichscudsbeforethetempest.Butwhatcouldbedonetowardoffthatcontingency?Greaterspeedcouldnotbeimpartedtothe"Pilgrim,"becauseshewouldnothavekeptthesmallestpieceofcanvas.Shemustthenbemanagedasmuchaspossiblebymeansofthehelm,whoseactionwasoftenpowerless.

           DickSandnolongerleftthehelm.Hewaslashedbythewaist,soasnottobecarriedawaybysomesurge.TomandBat,fastenedalso,stoodneartohelphim.HerculesandActeon,boundtothebitts,watchedforward.AstoMrs.Weldon,toLittleJack,toCousinBenedict,toNan,theyremained,byorderofthenovice,intheaftcabins.Mrs.Weldonwouldhavepreferredtohaveremainedondeck,butDickSandwasstronglyopposedtoit;itwouldbeexposingherselfuselessly.

           Allthescuttleshadbeenhermeticallynailedup.Itwashopedthattheywouldresistifsomeformidablebillowshouldfallontheship.If,byanymischance,theyshouldyieldundertheweightoftheseavalanches,theshipmightfillandsink.Veryfortunately,also,thestowagehadbeenwellattendedto,sothat,notwithstandingtheterribletossingofthevessel,hercargowasnotmovedabout.

           DickSandhadagainreducedthenumberofhourswhichhegavetosleep.SoMrs.Weldonbegantofearthathewouldtakesick.Shemadehimconsenttotakesomerepose.

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