Part 3, Chapter 13: How I Began My Shore Adventure

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​⁠The appearance of the island when I came on deck next morning was altogether changed. Although the breeze had now utterly ceased, we had made a great deal of way during the night and were now lying becalmed about half a mile to the south-east of the low eastern coast. Grey-coloured woods covered a large part of the surface. This even tint was indeed broken up by streaks of yellow sand-break in the