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fisherman liad said. After a time, however, I 
began to feel some apprehension, as the tide was 
rising very rapidly and there was only a compara- 
tively small part of the island uncovered. I 
thought I had better make up my mind as to 
which was the highest point on the island, and 
particularly where I should have the best chance 
of retaining my footing if the sea rose much 
higher. I selected what seemed to be the best 
place for this purpose, with some short rocks in 
front of me, and took up my stand peering into 
the mist from time to time for a sight of the boat 
and hoping every moment to see it. There was 
now so small a part of the island uncovered that I 
was getting very wet from the waves, which were 
breaking with some force, and my dog was very 
excited, barking and whining and making a great 
fuss. 
Things were becoming very serious, and I 
could see that unless the tide turned within a 
few minutes the rocks would be covered. The 
water rose so high and so rapidly that I was now 
standing in water and the ducks I had shot were 
washed away. Still no sign of the boat, and the 
tide still rising. 
The waves by this time were breaking over the 
