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I frequently lay down on the bunker of our little sloop, and looked far up into the blue dome of the sky; and, notwithstanding the sun was shining far away in the east, I always saw a single star overhead. I FREQUENTLY LAY DOWN ON THE BUNKER OF OUR LITTLE SLOOP AND LOOKED FAR UP INTO THE BLUE DOME OF THE SKY AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE SUN WAS SHINING FAR AWAY IN THE EAST I ALWAYS SAW A SINGLE STAR OVERHEAD
aid to point to the north pole of the ship.") The sea was serenely smooth, with hardly a choppy wave, and the wind brisk and exhilarating. The sun's rays, while striking us aslant, furnished tranquil warmth. And thus time wore on day after day, and we found from the record in our logbook, we had been sailing eleven days since the storm in the open sea. By strictest economy, our food was holding out fairly well, but beginning to run low. In the meantime, one of our casks of water had been exhausted, and my father said: "We will fill it again." But, to our dismay, we found the water was now as salt as in the region of the Lofoden Islands off the coast of Norway. This necessitated our being extremely careful of the remaining cask. I found myself wanting to sleep much of the time; whether it was the effect of the exciting experience of sailing in unknown waters, or the relaxation from the awful excitement incident to our adventure in a storm at sea, or due to want of food, I could not say. THE NEEDLE MIGHT NOW BE SAID TO POINT TO THE NORTH POLE OF THE SHIP UNQUOTE THE SEA WAS SERENELY SMOOTH WITH HARDLY A CHOPPY WAVE AND THE WIND BRISK AND EXHILARATING THE SUN'S RAYS WHILE STRIKING US ASLANT FURNISHED TRANQUIL WARMTH AND THUS TIME WORE ON DAY AFTER DAY AND WE FOUND FROM THE RECORD IN OUR LOG BOOK WE HAD BEEN SAILING ELEVEN DAYS SINCE THE STORM IN THE OPEN SEA BY STRICTEST ECONOMY OUR FOOD WAS HOLDING OUT FAIRLY WELL BUT BEGINNING TO RUN LOW IN THE MEANTIME ONE OF OUR CASKS OF WATER HAD BEEN EXHAUSTED AND MY FATHER SAID WE WILL FILL IT AGAIN BUT TO OUR DISMAY WE FOUND THE WATER WAS NOW AS SALT AS IN THE REGION OF THE LYFODE ISLANDS OFF THE COAST OF NORWAY THIS NECESSITATED OUR BEING EXTREMELY CAREFUL OF THE REMAINING CASK I FOUND MYSELF WANTING TO SLEEP MUCH OF THE TIME WHETHER IT WAS THE EFFECT OF THE EXCITING EXPERIENCE OF SAILING IN UNKNOWN WATERS OR THE RELAXATION FROM THE AWFUL EXCITEMENT INCIDENT TO OUR ADVENTURE IN A STORM AT SEA OR DUE TO WANT OF FOOD I CANNOT SAY
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