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This was the combined result of their feelings of disappointment with physical labor, for they worked several hours at the oars every day, aiding the sailing power of the boat, in the hopes of reaching the land before another gale or storm should occur. THIS WAS THE COMBINED RESULT OF THEIR FEELINGS OF DISAPPOINTMENT WITH PHYSICAL LABOUR FOR THEY WORKED SEVERAL HOURS AT THE OARS EVERY DAY AIDING THE SAILING POWER OF THE BOAT IN THE HOPES OF REACHING THE LAND BEFORE ANOTHER GALE OR STORM SHOULD OCCUR
hild. But she need not have feared, those hearty sons of the ocean were true as steel; and it was only the second day that having laid the casket down carelessly in the boat, she had retired to the little forecastle forgetting it, when it was brought to her again by one of them who remarked, that he presumed it was something of particular value by its appearance. According to the mate's reckoning, the time had already arrived when the land should heave in sight, and the three seamen were constantly on the lookout for it in the supposed direction where it should appear; but all their search for it proved in vain, there was the same endless expanse of ocean before them day after day, bounded only by the dim horizon, and unrelieved by any object, while the same hope reigned in their hearts. The exposure they endured, though not very severe, yet began to tell upon them all, and especially the mate and two seamen, and the cheeks of the seamen already looked sunken, their eyes less spirited.  SAFETY OF HERSELF AND CHILD BUT SHE NEED NOT HAVE FEARED THOSE HARDY SONS OF THE OCEAN WERE TRUE AS STEEL AND IT WAS ONLY THE SECOND DAY THAT HAVING LAID THE CASKET DOWN CARELESSLY IN THE BOAT SHE HAD RETIRED TO THE LITTLE FORECASTLE FORGETTING IT WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO HER AGAIN BY ONE OF THEM WHO REMARKED THAT HE PRESUMED IT WAS SOMETHING OF PARTICULAR VALUE BY ITS APPEARANCE ACCORDING TO THE MATE'S RECKONING THE TIME HAD ALREADY ARRIVED WHEN THE LAND SHOULD HEAVE IN SIGHT AND THE THREE SEAMEN WERE CONSTANTLY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR IT IN THE SUPPOSED DIRECTION WHERE IT SHOULD APPEAR BUT ALL THEIR SEARCH FOR IT PROVED IN VAIN THERE WAS THE SAME ENDLESS EXPANSE OF OCEAN BEFORE THEM DAY AFTER DAY BOUNDED ONLY BY THE DIM HORIZON AND UNRELIEVED BY ANY OBJECT WHILE THE SAME HOPE REIGNED IN THEIR HEARTS THE EXPOSURE THEY ENDURED THOUGH NOT VERY SEVERE YET BEGAN TO TELL UPON THEM ALL AND ESPECIALLY THE MAIDEN TWO SEAMEN AND THE CHEEKS OF THE SEAMEN ALREADY LOOKED SUNKEN THEIR EYES LESS SPIRITED
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