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Chapter 29

           Moreover,Isetaboutmakingreadytoletgotheanchor,resolvinginmyownmindthatasIknewthedepthofwaterinthepassageofthereefandwithinthelagoon,Iwouldruntheschoonerinandbringupoppositethebower.Fortunatelytheanchorwashangingatthecat-head,otherwiseIshouldneverhavebeenabletouseit.NowIhadonlytocutthetackling,anditwoulddropofitsownweight.Aftersearchingamongtheflags,Ifoundtheterribleblackone,whichIranuptothepeak.WhileIwasdoingthisathoughtstruckme.Iwenttothepowder-magazine,broughtupablankcartridge,andloadedthebigbrassgun,which,itwillberemembered,wasunhousedwhenwesetsail;andasIhadnomeansofhousingit,thereithadstood,bristlingalikeatfairweatherandfoulallthevoyage.Itookcaretogreaseitsmouthwell,andbeforeleavingtheforepartoftheship,thrustthepokerintothefire.

           Allwasnowready.Asteadyfive-knotbreezewasblowing,sothatIwasnownotmorethanquarterofamilefromthereef.Iwassoonattheentrance;andastheschoonerglidedquicklythrough,IglancedaffectionatelyatthehugebreakerasifithadbeenthesameoneIhadseentherewhenIbadeadieu,asIfearedforever,totheisland.OncomingoppositetheWaterGarden,Iputthehelmharddown.Theschoonercameroundwitharapid,gracefulbend,andlostwayjustoppositethebower.

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