98 THE CALL OF THE SEA 



The Height of the Storm '^^^ ^;i>' 



(From Miles IVallingford) 



'T^HE seas seemed crushed ; the pressure of the 

 swooping atmosphere, as the currents of the 

 air went howhng over the surface of the ocean, 

 fairly prevented them from rising ; or where a 

 mound of water did appear, it was scooped up and 

 borne off in spray, as the axe dubs inequahties 

 from the log. When the day returned, a species 

 of lurid sombre light was diffused over the watery 

 waste, though nothing was visible but the ocean 

 and the ship. Even the sea-birds seemed to have 

 taken refuge in the caverns of the adjacent coast, 

 none reappearing with the dawn. 



Fenhnore Cooper. 



Greeks in a Storm 'Cy -^^y •<:i^ 



(From Eotheii) 



A 1 /"E were nearing the isle of Cyprus, when there 

 arose half a gale of wind, with a heavy chop- 

 ping sea. My Greek seamen considered that the 

 weather amounted, not to a half, but to an integral 

 gale of wind at the very least ; so they put up the 

 helm, and scudded for twenty hours. When we 

 neared the mainland of Anadoli the gale ceased, 

 and a favourable breeze, springing up, soon brought 



