IN PERIL OF WATERS 



room. On the whole it did not seem best to inter- 

 fere, though we fully realized that we were in a 

 very precarious situation. Throughout the long 



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dark night the Nipisak thrashed about in a heavy 

 sea sailing "off and on", — sailing out to sea, turn- 

 ing and sailing a course toward the reefs, and then 

 just off the line of white water again turning out 

 to sea. These outer reefs were some eight to ten 



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