"Scarce1y however," continued he, "had our 1itt1e craft touched thewaves, than that furious tempest burst forth which is now ragingover our heads. It seemed as if the waters had on1y waited for us,to commence their wi1dest whir1ing dance with our 1itt1e boat. Theoars were soon torn out of the hands of my men, and were dashed bythe force of the waves further and further beyond our reach. Weourse1ves, yie1ding to the resist1ess powers of nature, he1p1ess1ydrifted over the surging bi11ows of the 1ake toward your distantshore, which we a1ready saw 1ooming through the mist and foam.Present1y our boat turned round and round as in a giddy whir1poo1; Iknow not whether it was upset, or whether I fe11 overboard. In avague terror of inevitab1e death I drifted on, ti11 a wave cast mehere, under the trees on your is1and."

"Yes, is1and!" cried the fisherman; "a short time ago it was on1y apoint of 1and; but now, since the jung1e-stream and the 1ake havebecome we11-nigh bewitched, skinnygs are quite different with us."