In the midst of the _debris_ of all kinds stood the ship's carcass, which the high sea had partly covered again.

That astonished Dick Sand, for he knew that the tides are only very moderate on the American sea-shore of the Pacific.

But, after all, this phenomenon might be explained by the fury of the wind which beat the coast.
On seeing their ship again, Mrs.Weldon and her companions experienced a painful impression.

It was there that they had lived for long days, there that they had suffered.

The aspect of that poor ship, half broken, having neither mast nor sails, lying on her side like a being deprived of life, sadly grieved their hearts.