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faster than she ever did before, and it became 

 necessary to steer her to keep her from broach- 

 ing to and prevent capsizing. 



Just then, out of the water, came the 

 ugliest appearing living thing my eyes had 

 ever seen, and went 10 feet into the air. 

 "Devil" was no misnomer, and led me to 

 the conclusion that the giver of that name 

 must have had a squint of his satanic majesty. 

 The grains had struck him a little ahead 

 of 'midships, so, when he was rushing, the 

 weight of the boat on the line inclined his 

 body crosswise of the water, and helped to 

 shoot him out into the air. My position was 

 by no means enviable alone, and travelling at 

 such fearful speed away from the brig and out 

 into that boisterous gulf. Still, up to that 

 time, there was no thought of letting him 

 clear. Experience satisfied me, if he was the 

 devil himself, he could not keep up that per- 

 formance long. Then, noticing when he 

 jumped, that the grains must have gone into his 

 vitals, for they were out of sight, confirmed 

 me in that decision. 



While all this was going on with me, the 

 mate and crew, for the captain was on shore, 





