- Author:
- Greenwood, James
- Publication Info:
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London ; New York ; Melbourne:
Ward Lock and Co,
1899,
pg 233
Text on page 233
TILE ADVENTURES OE REUBEN DAVIDGER.
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would become of me ? However, no good could come of indulging in bitter regrets, so I righted my boat for north as wrell as I was able, and began once more to paddle as fast as my weary arms wTould allow me.
However, I might have spared myself my exertions, for I was destined never to reach the northern shore Ribut Bungat had recommended ; and this, not because my leak-patches did not hold good, or that my strength flagged, or that niglit overtook me, but because of a
Davidger Discovers the Dyak Prahu,
mishap that is likely to befall any one caught cruising in the China seas.
What happened to me came about in this wise. It may have wTanted about an hour of sunset, and, resolved on making the most of the remaining light, I was paddling my hardest, with my head down, as is the experienced paddler's method, when, out of the stillness whichWhat happened to me came about in this wise. It may have wTanted about an hour of sunset, and, resolved on making the most of the remaining light, I was paddling my hardest, with my head down, as is the experienced paddler's method, when, out of the stillness which
