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us to have managed ; and had the gale blown on the shore, 

 nothing could have saved us but casting anchor, which 

 cannot always be done on these coasts. As it was, we not 

 only lost two hours in absolute inaction, but being palsied 

 of one side, we could only creep along at five or six miles 

 an hour, so that it was one o'clock last night before we 

 reached Hull." 



