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A Dreaded Country

           Thedistantwavesglitteredinthewest,andsparkledlikesheetsofliquidsilver.Nothingwastobeseeninthatdirectionbutskyandwater,exceptonesharply-definedobject,thehulloftheMacquariemotionlessonherrockybed.

           Theshorttwilightpostponedthedarknessonlybyafewminutes,andsoonthecoastoutline,whichboundedtheviewontheeastandnorth,waslostindarkness.

           Theshipwreckedpartywereinanagonizingsituationontheirnarrowraft,andovertakenbytheshadesofnight.

           Someofthepartyfellintoatroubledsleep,apreytoevildreams;otherscouldnotcloseaneye.Whenthedaydawned,thewholepartywerewornoutwithfatigue.

           Withtherisingtidethewindblewagaintowardtheland.Itwassixo’clockinthemorning,andtherewasnotimetolose.Johnarrangedeverythingforresumingtheirvoyage,andthenheorderedtheanchortobeweighed.Buttheanchorflukeshadbeensoimbeddedinthesandbytherepeatedjerksofthecable,thatwithoutawindlassitwasimpossibletodetachit,evenwiththetacklewhichWilsonhadimprovised.

           Halfanhourwaslostinvainefforts.John,impatientofdelay,cuttherope,thussacrificinghisanchor,andalsothepossibilityofanchoringagainifthistidefailedtocarrythemtoland.Buthedecidedthatfurtherdelaywasnottobethoughtof,andanax-blowcommittedtherafttothemercyofthewind,assistedbyacurrentoftwoknotsanhour.

           Thesailwasspread.Theydriftedslowlytowardtheland,whichroseingray,hazymasses,onabackgroundofskyilluminedbytherisingsun

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