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•3G6 vel! vel! vel ! vox isu it? vot isii it? 
at full speed and exclaiming, at the top of their voices, — 
“Come on, gentlemen! come quick, doctor! come on, 
Mr. Habersham : the tide’s a risin’ fast, and we’ve come 
to let you know!” 
I don’t think I ever felt more like knocking a man 
down than at that moment. The doctor, too, was so 
furious that he could, only turn pale and get off a few 
disjointed remarks in regard to the comparative size of 
the \vorld and tlic number of jackasses which it con- 
tained; while Hartman actually foamed at the mouth in 
his desperate attempts to command enough English to 
convey his emotions. 
“What made you leave the boat behind again?” I 
asked, as thej" joined us. 
“I wonder how many more jackasses there are among 
us ?” asked the doctor : “ it’s lucky we’re discovering new 
islands: the old world will soon be too small to hold 
you.” 
“Vel! vel! vel! Votishit? Votishit? Ve don’t see 
te boat yet! Vere is te boat?” foamed Hartman, with 
angry volubility. 
To these rapid questions the coxswain and his friends 
had nothing to answer. They had been left by the boat 
with the previously-mentioned orders, and, instead of 
obeying them, liad become frightened at the noise of the 
swelling tide, and wasted precious time by coming almost 
a mile to tell us that it was rising. And now we were 
left with but one alternative : we must cither be content 
to remain where we were, — out of reach of the water, — 
and leave the boat to beat about in the surf and probably 
be drifted out to sea; or we must make a run for it and 
