Part 5, Chapter 22: Israel Hands

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌⁠The wind, serving us to a desire, now hauled into the west. We could run so much the easier from the north-east corner of the island to the mouth of the North Inlet. Only, as we had no power to anchor and dared not beach her till the tide had flowed a good deal farther, time hung on our hands. The coxswain told me how to lay the ship to; after a good many trials I succeeded, and we both sat in sil