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After
the
tackling
was
prepared
and
in
good
working
order
,
it
took
me
the
greater
part
of
a
day
to
hoist
the
main
topsail
.
As
I
could
not
steer
and
work
at
this
at
the
same
time
,
I
lashed
the
helm
in
such
a
position
that
,
with
a
little
watching
now
and
then
,
it
kept
the
schooner
in
her
proper
course
.
By
this
means
I
was
enabled
,
also
,
to
go
about
the
deck
and
down
below
for
things
that
I
wanted
as
occasion
required
;
also
to
cook
and
eat
my
victuals
.
But
I
did
not
dare
to
trust
to
this
plan
during
the
three
hours
of
rest
that
I
allowed
myself
at
night
,
as
the
wind
might
have
shifted
,
in
which
case
I
should
have
been
blown
far
out
of
my
course
ere
I
awoke
.
I
was
,
therefore
,
in
the
habit
of
heaving-to
during
those
three
hours
--
that
is
,
fixing
the
rudder
and
the
sails
in
such
a
position
as
that
,
by
acting
against
each
other
,
they
would
keep
the
ship
stationary
.
After
my
night
's
rest
,
therefore
,
I
had
only
to
make
allowance
for
the
leeway
she
had
made
,
and
so
resume
my
course
.
Of
course
I
was
,
to
some
extent
,
anxious
lest
another
squall
should
come
;
but
I
made
the
best
provision
I
could
in
the
circumstances
,
and
concluded
that
by
letting
go
the
weather-braces
of
the
topsails
and
the
topsail
halyards
at
the
same
time
,
I
should
thereby
render
these
sails
almost
powerless
.
Besides
this
,
I
proposed
to
myself
to
keep
a
sharp
lookout
on
the
barometer
in
the
cabin
;
and
if
I
observed
at
any
time
a
sudden
fall
in
it
,
I
resolved
that
I
would
instantly
set
about
my
multiform
appliances
for
reducing
sail
,
so
as
to
avoid
being
taken
unawares
.
Thus
I
sailed
prosperously
for
two
weeks
,
with
a
fair
wind
,
so
that
I
calculated
I
must
be
drawing
near
to
the
Coral
Island
,
at
the
thought
of
which
my
heart
bounded
with
joyful
expectation
.
The
only
book
I
found
on
board
,
after
a
careful
search
,
was
a
volume
of
Captain
Cook
's
voyages
.
This
,
I
suppose
,
the
pirate
captain
had
brought
with
him
in
order
to
guide
him
,
and
to
furnish
him
with
information
regarding
the
islands
of
these
seas
.
I
found
this
a
most
delightful
book
indeed
;
and
I
not
only
obtained
much
interesting
knowledge
about
the
sea
in
which
I
was
sailing
,
but
I
had
many
of
my
own
opinions
,
derived
from
experience
,
corroborated
,
and
not
a
few
of
them
corrected
.
Besides
the
reading
of
this
charming
book
,
and
the
daily
routine
of
occupations
,
nothing
of
particular
note
happened
to
me
during
this
voyage
--
except
once
,
when
on
rising
one
night
,
after
my
three
hours
'
nap
,
while
it
was
yet
dark
,
I
was
amazed
and
a
little
alarmed
to
find
myself
floating
in
what
appeared
to
be
a
sea
of
blue
fire
!
I
had
often
noticed
the
beautiful
appearance
of
phosphorescent
light
,
but
this
far
exceeded
anything
of
the
sort
I
ever
saw
before
.
The
whole
sea
appeared
somewhat
like
milk
,
and
was
remarkably
luminous
.
I
rose
in
haste
,
and
letting
down
a
bucket
into
the
sea
,
brought
some
of
the
water
on
board
and
took
it
down
to
the
cabin
to
examine
it
;
but
no
sooner
did
I
approach
the
light
than
the
strange
appearance
disappeared
,
and
when
I
removed
the
cabin
lamp
the
luminous
light
appeared
again
.
I
was
much
puzzled
with
this
,
and
took
up
a
little
of
the
water
in
the
hollow
of
my
hand
and
then
let
it
run
off
,
when
I
found
that
the
luminous
substance
was
left
behind
on
my
palm
.
I
ran
with
it
to
the
lamp
,
but
when
I
got
there
it
was
gone
.
I
found
,
however
,
that
when
I
went
into
the
dark
my
hand
shone
again
;
so
I
took
the
large
glass
of
the
ship
's
telescope
and
examined
my
hand
minutely
,
when
I
found
that
there
were
on
it
one
or
two
small
patches
of
a
clear
,
transparent
substance
like
jelly
,
which
were
so
thin
as
to
be
almost
invisible
to
the
naked
eye
.
Thus
I
came
to
know
that
the
beautiful
phosphoric
light
,
which
I
had
so
often
admired
before
,
was
caused
by
animals
;
for
I
had
no
doubt
that
these
were
of
the
same
kind
as
the
medusa
or
jelly-fish
,
which
are
seen
in
all
parts
of
the
world
.
On
the
evening
of
my
fourteenth
day
I
was
awakened
out
of
a
nap
into
which
I
had
fallen
by
a
loud
cry
,
and
starting
up
,
I
gazed
around
me
.
I
was
surprised
and
delighted
to
see
a
large
albatross
soaring
majestically
over
the
ship
.
I
immediately
took
it
into
my
head
that
this
was
the
albatross
I
had
seen
at
Penguin
Island
.
I
had
,
of
course
,
no
good
reason
for
supposing
this
;
but
the
idea
occurred
to
me
,
I
know
not
why
,
and
I
cherished
it
,
and
regarded
the
bird
with
as
much
affection
as
if
he
had
been
an
old
friend
.
He
kept
me
company
all
that
day
,
and
left
me
as
night
fell
.
Next
morning
,
as
I
stood
motionless
and
with
heavy
eyes
at
the
helm
--
for
I
had
not
slept
well
--
I
began
to
weary
anxiously
for
daylight
,
and
peered
towards
the
horizon
,
where
I
thought
I
observed
something
like
a
black
cloud
against
the
dark
sky
.
Being
always
on
the
alert
for
squalls
,
I
ran
to
the
bow
.
There
could
be
no
doubt
it
was
a
squall
,
and
as
I
listened
I
thought
I
heard
the
murmur
of
the
coming
gale
Instantly
I
began
to
work
might
and
main
at
my
cumbrous
tackle
for
shortening
sail
,
and
in
the
course
of
an
hour
and
a
half
had
the
most
of
it
reduced
--
the
topsail
yards
down
on
the
caps
,
the
topsails
clewed
up
,
the
sheets
hauled
in
,
the
main
and
fore
peaks
lowered
,
and
the
flying-jib
down
.
While
thus
engaged
,
the
dawn
advanced
,
and
I
cast
an
occasional
furtive
glance
ahead
in
the
midst
of
my
labour
.
But
now
that
things
were
prepared
for
the
worst
,
I
ran
forward
again
and
looked
anxiously
over
the
bow
.
I
now
heard
the
roar
of
the
waves
distinctly
;
and
as
a
single
ray
of
the
rising
sun
gleamed
over
the
ocean
,
I
saw
--
what
!
could
it
be
that
I
was
dreaming
?
--
that
magnificent
breaker
with
its
ceaseless
roar
--
that
mountain-top
!
Yes
,
once
more
I
beheld
the
Coral
Island
!
