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tapering points of the masts made various curves and angles against
the sky overhead, and sometimes, in one sweep of an instant, described
an are of more than forty-five degrees, bringing up with a sudden jerk
which made it necessary to hold on with both hands, and then
sweeping off, in another long, irregular curve. I was not positively
sick, and came down with a look of indifference, yet was not unwilling
to get upon the comparative terra firma of the deck. A few hours
more carried us through, and when we saw the sun go down, upon our
larboard beam, in the direction of the continent of North America,
we had left the bank of dark, stormy clouds astern, in the twilight.
CHAPTER XXXVI
SOUNDINGS--SIGHTS FROM HOME--BOSTON HARBOR--LEAVING THE SHIP
Friday, Sept. 16th. Lat. 38 deg. N., long. 69 deg. 00' W. A fine
south-west wind; every hour carrying us nearer in toward land. All
hands on deck at the dog watch, and nothing talked about, but our
getting in; where we should make the land; whether we should arrive
before Sunday; going to church; how Boston would look; friends; wages
paid;- and the like.
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