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A Dreaded Country

           Aconsiderableswellraisedthewaves,andseemedtosetincontinuouslytowardthecoast,andperceivingthis,GlenarvanaskedJohnwhyhedidnottakeadvantageofthisswelltogetnearertotheland.

           "YourLordshipisdeceivedbyanopticalillusion,"saidtheyoungcaptain."Althoughtheswellseemstocarrythewaveslandward,itdoesnotreallymoveatall.Itismereundulatingmolecularmotion,nothingmore.Throwapieceofwoodoverboardandyouwillseethatitwillremainquitestationaryexceptasthetideaffectsit.Thereisnothingforitbutpatience."

           "Anddinner,"saidtheMajor.

           Olbinettunpackedsomedriedmeatandadozenbiscuits.Thestewardblushedasheprofferedthemeagerbilloffare.Butitwasreceivedwithagoodgrace,evenbytheladies,who,however,hadnotmuchappetite,owingtotheviolentmotion.

           Thismotion,producedbythejerkingoftheraftonthecable,whileshelayheadontothesea,wasverysevereandfatiguing.Theblowsoftheshort,tumblingseaswereassevereasifshehadbeenstrikingonasubmergedrock.Sometimesitwashardtobelievethatshewasnotaground.Thecablestrainedviolently,andeveryhalfhourJohnhadtotakeinafathomtoeaseit.Withoutthisprecautionitwouldcertainlyhavegivenway,andtheraftmusthavedriftedtodestruction.

           John’sanxietymayeasilybeunderstood.Hiscablemightbreak,orhisanchorloseitshold,andineithercasethedangerwasimminent.

           Nightdrewon;thesun’sdisc,enlargedbyrefraction,wasdippingblood-redbelowthehorizon.

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