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had been caught – his gun also stood beside him.  "That's right," observed Arnheim, "we had better think about getting something for breakfast and dinner too for that matter."  "Why so?" inquired Burton.  "The wind's gone down, don't you think we shall be able to put out by noon?"  "Do you want to swim?" asked the other  "You dont mean to say that the boat has got away!" cried Morton, looking blank.  "Far from it, nor is likely to do so, I think, being anchored at present and hard aground under a portion of yonder cliff."

Returning to the cove in full force we secured some pieces of drift wood with which we sounded the water and Anheim climing out on the debris began to feel about the foundered craft.  After a prolonged examination, he pronounced her a "total wreck," bows crushed and gunwale burst out."

Upon this ^[[we]] held a serious consultation.  It was decided that we set a sentinal on the cliff and as soon as smoke was seen to rise from the