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Your judgment and the dear old mate's saved 

 us all." 



" All right, Jack boy," replied the captain ; 

 and the hurricane was past, leaving us a top- 

 sail to mend, as the most of the damage done. 



In closing this recital let me remark that 

 when and where the tidal wave and hurricane 

 struck the Island of Antigua and others in its 

 route, terrible disaster followed in loss of life, 

 houses, property of various kinds, and destruc- 

 tion of vessels discharging cargoes in port. 



Capturing Dolphin and Man-Eater Shark. 



The exciting and wearying experience of 

 the hurricane was followed by several days of 

 calm, in which we did little more than drift, 

 only making two degrees to the south in fiv.e 

 days. Life had begun to be monotonous. 

 The damage caused by the hurricane had been 

 repaired, and there was really nothing to do 

 but watch the ship, eat, and sleep. 



About nine o'clock one morning, Sam, one of 

 the seamen, was scraping the royal mast, a 

 job to the sailor although more perilous 

 such as washing windows is to the housemaid, 

 when he called out " Halloa, on deck ! " 



