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His calculations were made under disadvantages, but he felt confident of their correctness. HIS CALCULATIONS WERE MADE UNDER DISADVANTAGES BUT HE FELT CONFIDENT OF THEIR CORRECTNESS
ilent prayer of thankfulness. It was already night again, and steering by the stars the mate laid his course, after affording a spare sail to cover the mother and her daughter, who having partaken of some needed refreshment, the first for many hours, were soon lost in sleep, induced by the great bodily fatigue and physical exertion they had so lately encountered in this emergency. The men stood watch and watch, relieving each other at intervals throughout the night, while the boat with its two lugger sails crept on steadily upon its course. It was remarkable to observe the delicacy observed by those three seamen towards the widow and her daughter, to mark their assiduity towards them as to their necessities and their wants; while they, on their part, were patient, uncomplaining and grateful. The second and third day passed on, when the mate calculated they were steering direct for the nearest point of land which they could not fail to reach in another day, it being the coast of Africa. NDS AND BREATHED A SILENT PRAYER OF THANKFULNESS IT WAS ALREADY NIGHT AGAIN AND STEERING BY THE STARS THE MATE LAID HIS COURSE AFTER AFFORDING A SPARE SAIL TO COVER THE MOTHER AND HER DAUGHTER WHO HAVING PARTAKEN OF SOME NEEDED REFRESHMENT THE FIRST FOR MANY HOURS WERE SOON LOST IN SLEEP INDUCED BY THE GREAT BODILY FATIGUE AND PHYSICAL EXERTION THEY HAD SO LATELY ENCOUNTERED IN THIS EMERGENCY THE MEN STOOD WATCH AND WATCH RELIEVING EACH OTHER AT INTERVALS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT WHILE THE BOAT WITH ITS TWO LUGGER SAILS CREPT ON STEADILY UPON ITS COURSE IT WAS REMARKABLE TO OBSERVE THE DELICACY OBSERVED BY THOSE THREE SEAMEN TOWARDS THE WIDOW AND HER DAUGHTER TO MARK THEIR ASSIDUITY TOWARDS THEM AS TO THEIR NECESSITIES AND THEIR WANTS WHILE THEY ON THEIR PART WERE PATIENT UNCOMPLAINING AND GRATEFUL THE SECOND AND THIRD DAY PASSED ON WHEN THE MATE CALCULATED THEY WERE STEERING DIRECT FOR THE NEAREST POINT OF LAND WHICH THEY COULD NOT FAIL TO REACH IN ANOTHER DAY IT BEING THE COAST OF AFRICA
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