Chapter 13: The Meaning of our Work

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌⁠Nothing happened during the next ten days to disturb us at our work. During every hour of daylight and many of darkness, sailing or anchored, aground or afloat, in rain and shine, wind and calm, we studied the bed of the estuaries, and practised ourselves in threading the network of channels; holding no communication with the land and rarely approaching it. It was a life of toil, exposure, and per