From nine till eleven J.T, took watch and tried to coax. the boat slong and he and David took the oars
ren T took on again the wind Was famed in for some sleep. so slight that after half an hour oF #0,} took to the oars, but at the first little pull, "though gentle! cough, I broke the left-hand oar. The sound roused J.T, who woke to ask what was the trouble. we pulled in the broken oar the! other fell into the sea; fortunately my torch was at hand and I turned it on and grabbed it just time.
With no spare oar left we dectined to take no risks with violent
steadily an Found that point, ruling but to, pull gently feat which we accomplished soon after midnight. The chart scemel to us to under-estimate gravely the strength of the currents in. tha: Dart of the China coast. However, we made progress with occasional help from the wind, and by daybreak we were fairly near our 00: jective. The. local fishermen were landing their catches on" Cape Raoul, alias Maotow Shan, one of the most prominent of the many headlands which seemed to show themselves in an endless succession.
We. turned fast we used the oars and the last bit of wind to take us across the bay and round the next point. At last, goon after 8 am., we were face to face with Liukungtao, the Well ud, and had a good view right in to the entrance, with HLM.S. Engle and two of the cruis-cers at their anchorages.
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