Paddling under Palmettos — page 234: what you’re looking at

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Paddling Under Palmettos. 227 CHAPTER XVIII. HOW THE CRUISERS WENT NIGHT-HUNTING, Everything was favorable for their outside pas- sage in the morning, and they had prepared things so that as little time as possible might be lost. The fire had been kept up, so that the coffee was soon boiling, and a fragrant cup refreshed them. Breakfast was over as the sun peeped above the sea, now wonderfully quiet. They paddled down the little estuary, and launched upon the heaving bosom of the great At- lantic. It was no trouble to pass through the surf, for it amounted to very little. Then each skipper sprang into his craft and away they sped. All went well; the wind continued fair, and their progress, although not rapid, was steady. At a quarter to three that afternoon they passed into the inlet at the mouth of New River. All of them were glad at the success attending their journey thus far. One more outside voyage would see them to Bis- Gomicbooks (E(@)