Paddling under Palmettos — page 125: what you’re looking at

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118 Paddling Under Palmettos. When they were ready to go on again the wind was fair. It came out of the west. Dick’s prophecy was being fulfilled, for it must surely work into the north now. So they glided along. How lovely it was to lie back and feel the wind fill the sails, after the drudgery of paddling and pol- ing. It was exhilarating! They kept very near together. The wind grew fresher, and, as is usual down in that strange coun- try, when out of the west, began to come in gusts. They tore along, keeping near the west shore, for the water was not as rough there, being sheltered by the banks. | , So savage were these flaws that they presently had to stow the dandy. Even then, when they saw a squall strike the water and rush along with incredible swiftness, it became necessary to ease up the sheet and hang over the weather side to hold her up. Eternal vigilance is the price of safety in a canoe when enduring squally weather. The eye must be quick to see, and the body equally responsive in its GOomIicbooks (E(0)