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The Storm on the Indian Ocean

           Thefuryofthewaveshadbeenallayedbeforethistimebycoveringthemwithasheetofoil.Itseffectisimmediate,butverytemporary.Themomentafterashiphaspassedoverthesmoothsurface,thesearedoublesitsviolence,andwoetothebarkthatfollows.Thecasksofseal-oilwereforthwithhauledup,fordangerseemedtohavegiventhemendoublestrength.Afewhatchetblowssoonknockedintheheads,andtheywerethenhungoverthelarboardandstarboard.

           "Beready!"shoutedJohn,lookingoutforafavorablemoment.

           Intwentysecondstheyachtreachedthebar.Nowwasthetime."Pourout!"criedthecaptain,"andGodprosperit!"

           Thebarrelswereturnedupsidedown,andinstantlyasheetofoilcoveredthewholesurfaceofthewater.Thebillowsfellasifbymagic,thewholefoamingseaseemedleveled,andtheDuncanflewoveritstranquilbosomintoaquietbasinbeyondtheformidablebar;butalmostthesameminutetheoceanburstforthagainwithallitsfury,andthetoweringbreakersdashedoverthebarwithincreasedviolence.

           

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