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The
shipwrecked
party
were
in
an
agonizing
situation
on
their
narrow
raft
,
and
overtaken
by
the
shades
of
night
.
Some
of
the
party
fell
into
a
troubled
sleep
,
a
prey
to
evil
dreams
;
others
could
not
close
an
eye
.
When
the
day
dawned
,
the
whole
party
were
worn
out
with
fatigue
.
With
the
rising
tide
the
wind
blew
again
toward
the
land
.
It
was
six
o'clock
in
the
morning
,
and
there
was
no
time
to
lose
.
John
arranged
everything
for
resuming
their
voyage
,
and
then
he
ordered
the
anchor
to
be
weighed
.
But
the
anchor
flukes
had
been
so
imbedded
in
the
sand
by
the
repeated
jerks
of
the
cable
,
that
without
a
windlass
it
was
impossible
to
detach
it
,
even
with
the
tackle
which
Wilson
had
improvised
.
Half
an
hour
was
lost
in
vain
efforts
.
John
,
impatient
of
delay
,
cut
the
rope
,
thus
sacrificing
his
anchor
,
and
also
the
possibility
of
anchoring
again
if
this
tide
failed
to
carry
them
to
land
.
But
he
decided
that
further
delay
was
not
to
be
thought
of
,
and
an
ax-blow
committed
the
raft
to
the
mercy
of
the
wind
,
assisted
by
a
current
of
two
knots
an
hour
.
The
sail
was
spread
.
They
drifted
slowly
toward
the
land
,
which
rose
in
gray
,
hazy
masses
,
on
a
background
of
sky
illumined
by
the
rising
sun
The
reef
was
dexterously
avoided
and
doubled
,
but
with
the
fitful
breeze
the
raft
could
not
get
near
the
shore
.
What
toil
and
pain
to
reach
a
coast
so
full
of
danger
when
attained
.
At
nine
o'clock
,
the
land
was
less
than
a
mile
off
.
It
was
a
steeply-shelving
shore
,
fringed
with
breakers
;
a
practicable
landing-place
had
to
be
discovered
.
Gradually
the
breeze
grew
fainter
,
and
then
ceased
en
-
V.
IV
Verne
tirely
.
The
sail
flapped
idly
against
the
mast
,
and
John
had
it
furled
.
The
tide
alone
carried
the
raft
to
the
shore
,
but
steering
had
become
impossible
,
and
its
passage
was
impeded
by
immense
bands
of
FUCUS
.
At
ten
o'clock
John
found
himself
almost
at
a
stand-still
,
not
three
cables
'
lengths
from
the
shore
.
Having
lost
their
anchor
,
they
were
at
the
mercy
of
the
ebb-tide
.
