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Chapter 19

           NolongerdidIriskitinknockingsealsonthehead.Instead,Iequippedmyselfwithastoneclub,somethreefeetinlengthandofsuitablediameter,whichoccupiedanevenmonthinthefashioning.Also,tosecuretheoarfromtheweather(forIuseditinmildbreezesasaflagstaffontopofmypyramidfromwhichtoflyaflagImademefromoneofmypreciousshirts)Icontrivedforitacoveringofwell-curedsealskins.

           InthemonthofMarchofthesixthyearofmyconfinementIexperiencedoneofthemosttremendousstormsthatwasperhapseverwitnessedbyman.Itcommencedataboutnineintheevening,withtheapproachofblackcloudsandafresheningwindfromthesouth-west,which,byeleven,hadbecomeahurricane,attendedwithincessantpealsofthunderandthesharpestlightningIhadeverwitnessed.

           Iwasnotwithoutapprehensionforthesafetyoftheisland.Overeveryparttheseasmadeacleanbreach,exceptofthesummitofmypyramid.Therethelifewasnighbeatenandsuffocatedoutofmybodybythedriveofthewindandspray.Icouldnotbutbesensiblethatmyexistencewassparedsolelybecauseofmydiligenceinerectingthepyramidandsodoublingthestatureoftheisland.

           Yet,inthemorning,Ihadgreatreasonforthankfulness.Allmysavedrainwaterwasturnedbrackish,savethatinmylargestvesselwhichwasshelteredintheleeofthepyramid.

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