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line of the first was not so very high, but still Ave could see it miles 

 away running along the curve of the land, while behind it came a 

 mighty wave, the whole advancing practically at right angles to the 

 northern shore, while the second or southern branch came on almost 

 parallel to the shore and with increasing speed. 



This latter line gradually curved around and when about five 

 miles from Haining its northern extreme overtook the southern extreme 

 of the first, thus forming a continuous line of white breakers two or 

 three miles long. Where this juncture was effected great waves, white 

 from the force of impact, dashed many feet into the air in mid-stream 

 and seethed all about the point of conflict. This immense upheaval, 

 however, rather quickly subsided, and the flood wave resumed a more 



Junk on Refuge, which it reached on the After-rush of a Previous Bore. 



or less uniform height, which presently increased as the bore con- 

 tracted in width, and increased in speed as it conformed to the 

 narrowing channel of the river. 



With rapidly increasing roar and steady progress this line advanced, 

 and the immensity of the phenomenon began to be appreciated even 

 more than on the previous night. A wall of very muddy water, white- 

 crested and fully ten feet high, was approaching with the speed of a 

 railroad train, breaking over and overwhelming the resisting ebb tide 

 of the river, which in front of the pagoda was still running out with 

 a speed of six or seven miles an hour and fighting every foot of the 

 monster's advance. It was a battle of the flood against the ebb, and 



