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bay, in a bit of water running up behind a kind of 

 spit of land ; and having got into the punt, with gun 

 and everything ready, in case we might see any ducks, 

 we went a good distance up the water. The 

 weather began to look very threatening, and it began 

 to blow ; and evidently there was a snowstorm 

 coming over the distant hills, so we thought it 

 prudent to turn back. All of a sudden the wind 

 came down upon us in a perfect hurricane, and the 

 snow came drifting along the water, which was 

 lashed up into a white foam. What was to be done, 

 with a heavy gun and two in the punt ? It would be 

 out of the question attempting to round the point to 

 where the yacht was at anchor. " We can't get 

 round the point," said my man ; " we shall be 

 swamped if we try." " Then run her ashore 

 straight," said I ; and this was accordingly done, 

 and on the nose of the punt touching the shore, 

 out we got, without further damage than being wet 

 through, the punt filled with water, and the gun and 

 other things being also as wet as we were. The 

 men of my yacht, who were in shelter of the " spit 

 of land," and who were watching us, soon came to 

 our aid, when the gun was taken out, and, with the 

 other things, carried across to the sheltered side ; 



