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US off Cyprus once more. Afterwards the wind 

 changed again, but we were still able to lay our 

 course by sailing close-hauled. 



We were at length in such a position, that by 

 holding on our course for about half an hour we 

 should get under the lee of the island, and find 

 ourselves in smooth water, but the wind had been 

 gradually freshening ; it now blew hard, and there 

 was a hea\-y sea running. 



As the grounds for alarm rose, the crew gathered 

 together in one close group ; they stood pale and 

 grim under their hooded capotes like monks await- 

 ing a massacre, anxiously looking by turns along 

 the pathway of the storm, and then upon each 

 other, and then upon the eye of the Captain, who 

 stood by the helmsman. Presently the Ilydriot 

 came aft, more moody than ever, the bearer of 

 fierce remonstrance against the continuing of the 

 struggle ; he received a resolute answer, and still 

 we held our course. Soon there came a heavy sea 

 that caught the bow of the brigantine as she lay 

 jammed in betwixt the waves ; she bowed her head 

 low under the waters, and shuddered through all 

 her timbers, then gallantly stood up again over the 

 striving sea with bowsprit entire. But where were 

 the crew? It was a crew no longer, but rather a 

 gathering of Greek citizens ; — the shout of the sea- 

 men was changed for the murmuring of the ])eople — 

 the spirit of the old Demos was alive. The men 



