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Our
boat
was
one
of
those
in
use
in
the
Tsalal
Archipelago
for
plying
between
the
islands
.
We
knew
,
from
the
narrative
of
Arthur
Pym
,
that
these
boats
are
of
two
kinds
,
one
resembling
rafts
or
flat
boats
,
the
other
strongly
-
built
pirogues
.
Our
boat
was
of
the
former
kind
,
forty
feet
long
,
six
feet
in
width
,
and
worked
by
several
paddles
.
We
called
our
little
craft
the
Paracuta
,
after
a
fish
which
abounds
in
these
waters
.
A
rough
image
of
that
denizen
of
the
southern
deep
was
cut
upon
the
gunwale
.
Needless
to
say
that
the
greater
part
of
the
cargo
of
the
Halbrane
was
left
in
our
cavern
,
fully
protected
from
the
weather
,
at
the
disposal
of
any
shipwrecked
people
who
might
chance
to
be
thrown
on
the
coast
of
Halbrane
Land
.
The
boatswain
had
planted
a
spar
on
the
top
of
this
slope
to
attract
attention
.
But
,
our
two
schooners
notwithstanding
,
what
vessel
would
ever
venture
into
such
latitudes
?
Nota
Bene
.
—
We
were
just
thirteen
—
the
fatal
number
.
Perfectly
good
relations
subsisted
among
us
.
We
had
no
longer
to
dread
the
rebellion
of
a
Hearne
.
(
How
often
we
speculated
upon
the
fate
of
those
whom
he
had
beguiled
!
)
At
seven
o
’
clock
,
the
extreme
point
of
Halbrane
Land
lay
five
miles
behind
us
,
and
in
the
evening
we
gradually
lost
sight
of
the
heights
that
variated
that
part
of
the
coast
.
I
desire
to
lay
special
stress
on
the
fact
that
not
a
single
scrap
of
iron
entered
into
the
construction
of
this
boat
,
not
so
much
as
a
nail
or
a
bolt
,
for
that
metal
was
entirely
unknown
to
the
Tsalal
islanders
.
The
planks
were
bound
together
by
a
sort
of
liana
,
or
creeping
-
plant
,
and
caulked
with
moss
steeped
in
pitch
,
which
was
turned
by
contact
with
the
sea
-
water
to
a
substance
as
hard
as
metal
.
I
have
nothing
special
to
record
during
the
week
that
succeeded
our
departure
.
The
breeze
blew
steadily
from
the
south
,
and
we
did
not
meet
with
any
unfavourable
current
between
the
banks
of
the
Jane
Sound
.
During
those
first
eight
days
,
the
Paracuta
,
by
paddling
when
the
wind
fell
,
had
kept
up
the
speed
that
was
indispensable
for
our
reaching
the
Pacific
Ocean
within
a
short
time
.
The
desolate
aspect
of
the
land
remained
the
same
,
while
the
strait
was
already
visited
by
floating
drifts
,
packs
of
one
to
two
hundred
feet
in
length
,
some
oblong
,
others
circular
,
and
also
by
icebergs
which
our
boat
passed
easily
.
We
were
made
anxious
,
however
,
by
the
fact
that
these
masses
were
proceeding
towards
the
iceberg
barrier
,
for
would
they
not
close
the
passages
,
which
ought
to
be
still
open
at
this
time
?
I
shall
mention
here
that
in
proportion
as
Dirk
Peters
was
carried
farther
and
farther
from
the
places
wherein
no
trace
of
his
poor
Pym
had
been
found
,
he
was
more
silent
than
ever
,
and
no
longer
even
answered
me
when
I
addressed
him
.
