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           DickSandattemptedtosavethembyprecipitatingthecannibals,withhimself,intotheabyss.LittleJackandhismother,kneelingonthebank,senthimalastfarewell.Hercules’spowerlesshandwasstretchedouttohim.

           Atthatmomentthenatives,wishingtogaintheleftbankbyswimming,threwthemselvesoutoftheboat,whichtheycapsized.

           DickSandhadlostnoneofhiscoolnessinthepresenceofthedeathwhichmenacedhim.Alastthoughtthencametohim.Itwasthatthisboat,evenbecauseitwasfloatingkeelupward,mightservetosavehim.

           Infact,twodangersweretobefearedwhenDickSandshouldbegoingoverthecataract:asphyxiabythewater,andasphyxiabytheair.Now,thisoverturnedhullwaslikeabox,inwhichhemight,perhaps,keephisheadoutofthewater,atthesametimethathewouldbeshelteredfromtheexteriorair,whichwouldcertainlyhavestifledhimintherapidityofhisfall.Intheseconditions,itseemsthatamanwouldhavesomechanceofescapingthedoubleasphyxia,evenindescendingthecataractsofaNiagara.

           DickSandsawallthatlikelightning.Byalastinstinctheclungtotheseatwhichunitedthetwosidesoftheboat,and,hisheadoutofthewater,underthecapsizedhull,hefelttheirresistiblecurrentcarryinghimaway,andthealmostperpendicularfalltakingplace.

           Theboatsankintotheabysshollowedoutbythewatersatthefootofthecataract,and,afterplungingdeep,returnedtothesurfaceoftheriver.

           DickSand,agoodswimmer,understoodthathissafetynowdependedonthevigorofhisarms

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