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The Cruise of the Coracle

           Thesightofthetreessonearathandhadalmostmademesickwithlonging,butthecurrenthadsooncarriedmepastthepoint,andasthenextreachofseaopenedout,Ibeheldasightthatchangedthenatureofmythoughts.

           Rightinfrontofme,nothalfamileaway,IbeheldtheHispaniolaundersail.Imadesure,ofcourse,thatIshouldbetaken;butIwassodistressedforwantofwaterthatIscarceknewwhethertobegladorsorryatthethought,andlongbeforeIhadcometoaconclusion,surprisehadtakenentirepossessionofmymindandIcoulddonothingbutstareandwonder.

           TheHispaniolawasunderhermain-sailandtwojibs,andthebeautifulwhitecanvasshoneinthesunlikesnoworsilver.WhenIfirstsightedher,allhersailsweredrawing;shewaslyingacourseaboutnorth-west,andIpresumedthemenonboardweregoingroundtheislandontheirwaybacktotheanchorage.Presentlyshebegantofetchmoreandmoretothewestward,sothatIthoughttheyhadsightedmeandweregoingaboutinchase.Atlast,however,shefellrightintothewind’seye,wastakendeadaback,andstoodthereawhilehelpless,withhersailsshivering.

           "Clumsyfellows,"saidI;"theymuststillbedrunkasowls."AndIthoughthowCaptainSmollettwouldhavesetthemskipping.

           Meanwhiletheschoonergraduallyfelloffandfilledagainuponanothertack,sailedswiftlyforaminuteorso,andbroughtuponcemoredeadinthewind’seye.Againandagainwasthisrepeated.Toandfro,upanddown,north,south,east,andwest,theHispaniolasailedbyswoopsanddashes,andateachrepetitionendedasshehadbegun,withidlyflappingcanvas.Itbecameplaintomethatnobodywassteering.

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