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Chapter 21

           Byevening,thelogshowedthattwohundredandtwentymileshadbeenaccomplishedfromHongKong,andMr.FoggmighthopethathewouldbeabletoreachYokohamawithoutrecordinganydelayinhisjournal;inwhichcase,themanymisadventureswhichhadovertakenhimsinceheleftLondonwouldnotseriouslyaffecthisjourney.

           TheTankadereenteredtheStraitsofFo-Kien,whichseparatetheislandofFormosafromtheChinesecoast,inthesmallhoursofthenight,andcrossedtheTropicofCancer.Theseawasveryroughinthestraits,fullofeddiesformedbythecounter-currents,andthechoppingwavesbrokehercourse,whilstitbecameverydifficulttostandondeck.

           Atdaybreakthewindbegantoblowhardagain,andtheheavensseemedtopredictagale.Thebarometerannouncedaspeedychange,themercuryrisingandfallingcapriciously;theseaalso,inthesouth-east,raisedlongsurgeswhichindicatedatempest.Thesunhadsettheeveningbeforeinaredmist,inthemidstofthephosphorescentscintillationsoftheocean.

           JohnBunsbylongexaminedthethreateningaspectoftheheavens,mutteringindistinctlybetweenhisteeth.AtlasthesaidinalowvoicetoMr.Fogg,"ShallIspeakouttoyourhonour?"

           "Ofcourse."

           "Well,wearegoingtohaveasquall."

           "Isthewindnorthorsouth?"askedMr.Foggquietly.

           "South.Look!atyphooniscomingup."

           "Gladit’satyphoonfromthesouth,foritwillcarryusforward."

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