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From Peril to Safety

           Heretheysawseveraldesertedhuts,theruinsofavillagelatelydestroyedbythewar,abandonedfields,andeverywheresignsofpillageandincendiaryfires.

           Theyweretoilingpainfullyalongtheshore,whentheysaw,atadistanceofaboutamile,abandofnatives,whorushedtowardthembrandishingtheirweapons.Glenarvan,hemmedinbythesea,couldnotfly,andsummoningallhisremainingstrengthhewasabouttomeettheattack,whenJohnManglescried:

           "Aboat!aboat!"

           Andthere,twentypacesoff,acanoewithsixoarslayonthebeach.Tolaunchit,jumpinandflyfromthedangerousshore,wasonlyaminute’swork.JohnMangles,McNabbs,WilsonandMulradytooktheoars;Glenarvanthehelm;thetwowomen,RobertandOlbinettstretchedthemselvesbesidehim.Intenminutesthecanoewasaquarterofamilefromtheshore.Theseawascalm.Thefugitivesweresilent.ButJohn,whodidnotwanttogettoofarfromland,wasabouttogivetheordertogoupthecoast,whenhesuddenlystoppedrowing.

           HesawthreecanoescomingoutfrombehindPointLottinandevidentlyabouttogivechase.

           "Outtosea!Outtosea!"heexclaimed."Bettertodrownifwemust!"

           Thecanoewentfastunderherfourrowers.Forhalfanhourshekeptherdistance;butthepoorexhaustedfellowsgrewweaker,andthethreepursuingboatsbegantogainsensiblyonthem.Atthismoment,scarcelytwomileslaybetweenthem.Itwasimpossibletoavoidtheattackofthenatives,whowerealreadypreparingtofiretheirlongguns.

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