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Chapter 54

           

           Ouroarsmenweresofresh,bydintofhavingoccasionallyletherdrivewiththetideforaminuteortwo,thataquarterofanhour’srestprovedfullasmuchastheywanted.Wegotashoreamongsomeslipperystoneswhileweateanddrankwhatwehadwithus,andlookedabout.Itwaslikemyownmarshcountry,flatandmonotonous,andwithadimhorizon;whilethewindingriverturnedandturned,andthegreatfloatingbuoysuponitturnedandturned,andeverythingelseseemedstrandedandstill.Fornowthelastofthefleetofshipswasroundthelastlowpointwehadheaded;andthelastgreenbarge,straw-laden,withabrownsail,hadfollowed;andsomeballast-lighters,shapedlikeachild’sfirstrudeimitationofaboat,laylowinthemud;andalittlesquatshoal-lighthouseonopenpilesstoodcrippledinthemudonstiltsandcrutches;andslimystakesstuckoutofthemud,andslimystonesstuckoutofthemud,andredlandmarksandtidemarksstuckoutofthemud,andanoldlanding-stageandanoldrooflessbuildingslippedintothemud,andallaboutuswasstagnationandmud.

           Wepushedoffagain,andmadewhatwaywecould.Itwasmuchharderworknow,butHerbertandStartoppersevered,androwedandrowedandroweduntilthesunwentdown.Bythattimetheriverhadliftedusalittle,sothatwecouldseeabovethebank.

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