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ticular reason for being awake, so 

 at 5.30 a.m. I turned in. 



An hour later they sent down 

 to wake me up. We were just 

 making Gusina Point. I did not 

 much like these tactics. If any 

 sailor should read this, very likely 

 he will laugh at my ideas, for I 

 make no pretence to be a sailor. 

 But I have a feeling that when 

 you get a river debouching like 

 this, and protected by a point which 

 checks the tide, a bank under 

 water is to be dreaded. At any 

 rate there was very little water, it 

 was nearly high tide, and I was 

 afraid of grounding. 



So we stood out again, and a bit 

 to the northward, and then came 

 straight for the river which we 

 could see, bearing SE. by S. We 

 felt slowly along, the water getting 

 less and less, and at last came to 

 an anchor in 4J fathoms, about a 

 mile away from the river-mouth. 



It was now half-past ten in the 

 morning. The sea was all muddy 

 from the river water, and we sent 



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