He assured me there was no danger, and that he himself would release us if necessary.

I reluctantly consented, and saw our whole convoy drawn by an animal whose agony increased its strength.

As we drew near the shore, I endeavoured to steer so that we might not strike and be capsized.

I saw after a few minutes that our conductor again wanted to make out to sea; I therefore hoisted the sail, and the wind being in our favour, he found resistance vain, and, tugging as before, followed up the current, only taking more to the left, towards Falcon's Nest, and landing us in a shallow, rested on the shore.

I leaped out of the boat, and with a hatchet soon put our powerful conductor out of his misery.
Fritz uttered a shout of joy, and fired off his gun, as a signal of our arrival.