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I cannot express my feeling of exultation at this discovery. My father stood motionless, with his hand on the tiller, looking straight ahead, pouring out his heart in thankful prayer and thanksgiving to the gods Odin and Thor. I CANNOT EXPRESS MY FEELING WITH EXULTATION AT THIS DISCOVERY MY FATHER STOOD MOTIONLESS WITH HIS HAND ON THE TILLER LOOKING STRAIGHT AHEAD POURING OUT HIS HEART IN THAT THANKFUL PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING TO THE GODS ODIN AND THOR
fire on the horizon; later there were two streaks, the one above the other, with a dark space between; and from the maintop I could see four, or even five, such horizontal lines directly over one another, all of equal length, as if one could only imagine a square, dull-red sun, with horizontal dark streaks across it.") One day soon after this, I felt exceedingly drowsy, and fell into a sound sleep. But it seemed that I was almost immediately aroused by my father's vigorous shaking of me by the shoulder and saying: "Olaf, awaken; there is land in sight!" I sprang to my feet, and oh! joy unspeakable! There, far in the distance, yet directly in our path, were lands jutting boldly into the sea. The shore-line stretched far away to the right of us, as far as the eye could see, and all along the sandy beach were waves breaking into choppy foam, receding, then going forward again, ever chanting in monotonous thunder tones the song of the deep. The banks were covered with trees and vegetation. RED STREAK OF FIRE ON THE HORIZON LATER THERE WERE TWO STREAKS THE ONE ABOVE THE OTHER WITH A DARK SPACE BETWEEN AND FROM THE MAIN TOP I COULD SEE FOUR OR EVEN FIVE SUCH HORIZONTAL LINES DIRECTLY OVER ONE ANOTHER ALL OF EQUAL LENGTH AS IF ONE COULD ONLY IMAGINE A SQUARE DULL RED SUN WITH HORIZONTAL DARK STREAKS ACROSS IT UNQUELLED ONE DAY SOON AFTER THIS I FELT EXCEEDINGLY DROWSY AND FELL INTO A SOUND SLEEP BUT IT SEEMED THAT I WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AROUSED BY MY FATHER'S VIGOROUS SHAKING OF ME BY THE SHOULDER AND SAYING OLAF I AWAKEN THERE IS LAND IN SIGHT I SPRANG TO MY FEET AND OH JOY UNSPEAKABLE THERE FAR IN THE DISTANCE YET DIRECTLY IN OUR PATH WERE LANDS JUTTING OUT BOLDLY INTO THE SEA THE SHORE LINE STRETCHED FAR AWAY TO THE RIGHT OF US AS FAR AS THE EYE COULD SEE AND ALL ALONG THE SANDY BEACH WERE WAVES BREAKING INTO CHOPPY FOAM RECEDING THEN GOING FORWARD AGAIN AND EVEN CHANTING HIM MONOTONOUS THUNDER TONES THE SONG OF THE DEEP THE BANKS WERE COVERED WITH TREES AND VEGETATION
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