"Only, instead of blowing straight ahead or around in a circle it blows up and down.

It's liable to snatch you right up to the clouds, or suck you down into the ocean!" "That is terrible, my dear young friend!" "Terrible! I should say it was!" "What had I better do ?" "You'll surely be blown overboard if you stay on deck.

That Jilla-Jilly wind is the most terrible wind you ever heard of! We'll soon strike it! There, that sounds like it now! Don't you feel as if you were being lifted up ?" The nervous fears of Mr.Tarbill made him anticipate almost any sensation that was vividly described to him.

He was in such a state of mind that he would have believed almost anything he heard.
"Yes! Yes!" he exclaimed.

"I feel it coming! Oh, dear! What shall I do ?" "Go below quickly!" yelled Bob, for that was the object he had in mind in inventing the Jilla-Jilly wind for the occasion.
"I will! I'll go at once!" And, holding on to hand-lines which had been stretched about the deck for safety, the nervous passenger made his way to his cabin, while the ship tossed more than ever..