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           Pencrofttookareefinthemainsail,andsteeredtowardsthenorth-east,soastosailstraightforLincolnIsland.

           Thefirstdayofthevoyagewasnotmarkedbyanyincident.Theprisonerremainedquietinthefore-cabin,andashehadbeenasailoritappearedthatthemotionofthevesselmightproduceonhimasalutaryreaction.Didsomerecollectionofhisformercallingreturntohim?Howeverthatmightbe,heremainedtranquil,astonishedratherthandepressed.

           Thenextdaythewindincreased,blowingmorefromthenorth,consequentlyinalessfavorabledirectionforthe"Bonadventure."Pencroftwassoonobligedtosailclose-hauled,andwithoutsayinganythingaboutithebegantobeuneasyatthestateofthesea,whichfrequentlybrokeoverthebows.Certainly,ifthewinddidnotmoderate,itwouldtakealongertimetoreachLincolnIslandthanithadtakentomakeTaborIsland.

           Indeed,onthemorningofthe17th,the"Bonadventure"hadbeenforty-eighthoursatsea,andnothingshowedthatshewasneartheisland.Itwasimpossible,besides,toestimatethedistancetraversed,ortotrusttothereckoningforthedirection,asthespeedhadbeenveryirregular.

           Twenty-fourhoursaftertherewasyetnolandinsight.Thewindwasrightaheadandtheseaveryheavy.Thesailswereclose-reefed,andtheytackedfrequently.Onthe18th,awavesweptcompletelyoverthe"Bonadventure";andifthecrewhadnottakentheprecautionoflashingthemselvestothedeck,theywouldhavebeencarriedaway.

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