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           Afewdozenbeingcollected,werepackedinthesailor’shandkerchief,andasthetimewhenthetidewouldbefullwasapproaching,PencroftandHerbertbegantoredescendtowardsthewatercourse.Whentheyarrivedthere,itwasanhouraftermidday.Thetidehadalreadyturned.Theymustnowavailthemselvesoftheebbtotakethewoodtothemouth.Pencroftdidnotintendtolettheraftgoawayinthecurrentwithoutguidance,neitherdidhemeantoembarkonithimselftosteerit.Butasailorisneveratalosswhenthereisaquestionofcablesorropes,andPencroftrapidlytwistedacord,afewfathomslong,madeofdrycreepers.Thisvegetablecablewasfastenedtotheafter-partoftheraft,andthesailorhelditinhishandwhileHerbert,pushingofftheraftwithalongpole,keptitinthecurrent.Thissucceededcapitally.Theenormousloadofwooddrifteddownthecurrent.Thebankwasveryequal;therewasnofearthattheraftwouldrunaground,andbeforetwoo’clocktheyarrivedattheriver’smouth,afewpacesfromtheChimneys.

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