 It was the only subject we could discuss with any
degree ofnaturalness.
Another big four masted barque, the KNIGHT
OFST.
In any case, they were on us like a
shot.
Still, I was not going to grumble on
thataccount.
Prickles aninch long, in fact the first one I trod
on felt six inches.
Heaven help the whistlers on anight like that! Then
I just had to write to these friends and ask them for aloan.
I asked theSurveyor whom he had known of that name.
Eventually the great day comes when the cargo is all stowed and the shipis down to
her marks.
One could hardly blame them for seizing boat hooks
and stretchers tohold off the attack.
Just thesteady plug and thud of the engines; into
one sea, and through the next.
However,they solved the problem and in a pretty
drastic manner.
And the thud with which he landed on his back
fairlyshook the ground.
I had to sit down and nurse my feet,picking out the
spikes. As wedrew closer I gave the order Way enough; lay in the bow oar. The
passage out consisted of a seriesof gales topped off with a fire.
Meantime we must do the journey, when required,in
the one remaining boat. About the worst culpritis the Reynolds Current, which flows
across the mouth of the EnglishChannel.
Thenitrate is brought off in lighters, loaded with
sacks, each weighingexactly two hundredweight.
Bulwarks stove in, boats nearlyall gone, and a head
wind to beat up to the land. After a time, the peculiaraction of the fish, caught my
eye.
Another couple of hours, and we were moored
alongsidethe one and only wharf the place possessed. So bright that it is dangerous
to sleepin the full glare of the moon without shelter of some kind.
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