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A Dreaded Country

           Thereefwasdexterouslyavoidedanddoubled,butwiththefitfulbreezetheraftcouldnotgetneartheshore.Whattoilandpaintoreachacoastsofullofdangerwhenattained.

           Atnineo’clock,thelandwaslessthanamileoff.Itwasasteeply-shelvingshore,fringedwithbreakers;apracticablelanding-placehadtobediscovered.

           Graduallythebreezegrewfainter,andthenceaseden-

           V.IVVernetirely.Thesailflappedidlyagainstthemast,andJohnhaditfurled.Thetidealonecarriedtherafttotheshore,butsteeringhadbecomeimpossible,anditspassagewasimpededbyimmensebandsofFUCUS.

           Atteno’clockJohnfoundhimselfalmostatastand-still,notthreecables’lengthsfromtheshore.Havinglosttheiranchor,theywereatthemercyoftheebb-tide.

           Johnclenchedhishands;hewasrackedwithanxiety,andcastfrenziedglancestowardthisinaccessibleshore.

           Inthemidstofhisperplexities,ashockwasfelt.Theraftstoodstill.Ithadlandedonasand-bank,twenty-fivefathomsfromthecoast.

           Glenarvan,Robert,Wilson,andMulrady,jumpedintothewater.Theraftwasfirmlymooredtothenearestrocks.Theladieswerecarriedtolandwithoutwettingafoldoftheirdresses,andsoonthewholeparty,withtheirarmsandprovisions,werefinallylandedonthesemuchdreadedNewZealandshores.

           

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