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           Butnowtheebbisevidentlymaking.Inthreehourswewillattemptthepassage,andonceontheotherside,wewilltrytogetoutofthisscrape,andIhopemayfindthecaptain."Pencroftwasnotwronginhisanticipations.Threehourslateratlowtide,thegreaterpartofthesandformingthebedofthechannelwasuncovered.Betweentheisletandthecoastthereonlyremainedanarrowchannelwhichwouldnodoubtbeeasytocross.

           Aboutteno’clock,GideonSpilettandhiscompanionsstrippedthemselvesoftheirclothes,whichtheyplacedinbundlesontheirheads,andthenventuredintothewater,whichwasnotmorethanfivefeetdeep.Herbert,forwhomitwastoodeep,swamlikeafish,andgotthroughcapitally.Allthreearrivedwithoutdifficultyontheoppositeshore.Quicklydryingthemselvesinthesun,theyputontheirclothes,whichtheyhadpreservedfromcontactwiththewater,andsatdowntotakecounseltogetherwhattodonext.

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