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XLVII. Adventures by the Shore

           Fromthepositionofthesettingsunhiswhiteformwasdistinctlyvisibleuponthenowdeep-huedbosomoftheseatotheeastoftheboat,andthemensawhimatonce.Backingtheiroarsandputtingtheboatabout,theypulledtowardshimwithawill,andinfiveorsixminutesfromthetimeofhisfirsthalloo,twoofthesailorshauledhiminoverthestern.

           Theyformedpartofabrig’screw,andhadcomeashoreforsand.Lendinghimwhatlittleclothingtheycouldspareamongthemasaslightprotectionagainsttherapidlycoolingair,theyagreedtolandhiminthemorning;andwithoutfurtherdelay,foritwasgrowinglate,theymadeagaintowardstheroadsteadwheretheirvessellay.

           Andnownightdroopedslowlyuponthewidewaterylevelsinfront;andatnogreatdistancefromthem,wheretheshorelinecurvedround,andformedalongribandofshadeuponthehorizon,aseriesofpointsofyellowlightbegantostartintoexistence,denotingthespottobethesiteofBudmouth,wherethelampswerebeinglightedalongtheparade.Thecluckoftheiroarswastheonlysoundofanydistinctnessuponthesea,andastheylabouredamidthethickeningshadesthelamp-lightsgrewlarger,eachappearingtosendaflamingsworddeepdownintothewavesbeforeit,untiltherearose,amongotherdimshapesofthekind,theformofthevesselforwhichtheywerebound.

           

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