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We had a fair supply of food, but no fresh water. I realized at once the awfulness of our position. Presently I was seized with a consuming thirst. WE HAD A FAIR SUPPLY OF FOOD BUT NO FRESH WATER I REALIZED AT ONCE THE AWFULNESS OF OUR POSITION PRESENTLY I WAS SEIZED WITH A CONSUMING THIRST
o die down. At last we were in a perfect calm. The fog mist had also disappeared, and before us lay an iceless channel perhaps ten or fifteen miles wide, with a few icebergs far away to our right, and an intermittent archipelago of smaller ones to the left. I watched my father closely, determined to remain silent until he spoke. Presently he untied the rope from his waist and, without saying a word, began working the pumps, which fortunately were not damaged, relieving the sloop of the water it had shipped in the madness of the storm. He put up the sloop's sails as calmly as if casting a fishing-net, and then remarked that we were ready for a favoring wind when it came. His courage and persistence were truly remarkable. On investigation we found less than one-third of our provisions remaining, while to our utter dismay, we discovered that our water-casks had been swept overboard during the violent plungings of our boat. Two of our water-casks were in the main hold, but both were empty.  FURY AND BY DEGREES TO DIE DOWN AT LAST WE WERE IN A PERFECT CALM THE FOG MIST HAD ALSO DISAPPEARED AND BEFORE US LAY AN ICELESS CHANNEL PERHAPS TEN OR FIFTEEN MILES WIDE WITH A FEW ICEBERGS FAR AWAY TO OUR RIGHT AND AN INTERMITTENT DOCHIPELAGO OF SMALLER ONES TO THE LEFT I WATCHED MY FATHER CLOSELY DETERMINED TO REMAIN SILENT TILL HE SPOKE PRESENTLY HE UNTIED THE ROPE FROM HIS WRIST AND WITHOUT SAYING A WORD BEGAN WORKING THE PUMPS WHICH FORTUNATELY WERE NOT DAMAGED WE LEAVING THE SLOOP OF THE WATER IT HAD SHIPPED IN THE MADNESS OF THE STORM HE PUT UP THE SLOOP SAILS AS CALMLY AS IF CASTING A FISHING NET AND THEN REMARKED THAT WE WERE READY FOR A FAVOURING WIND WHEN IT CAME HIS COURAGE AND PERSISTENCE WERE TRULY REMARKABLE ON INVESTIGATION WE FOUND LESS THAN ONE THIRD OF OUR PROVISIONS REMAINING WHILE TO OUR UTTER DISMAY WE DISCOVERED THAT OUR WATER CASKS HAD BEEN SWEPT OVERBOARD DURING THE VIOLENT PLUNGINGS OF OUR BOAT TWO OF OUR WATER CASKS WERE IN THE MAIN HOLD BUT BOTH WERE EMPTY
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