t consent.
He argued that one tumbler of grog, half and half, was stronger than a
dozen basins of broth, and he would therefore allow only half a tumbler
in the day. When Wasser was at length able to speak, to Adair's
astonishment he declared in favour of the remedy of the rival
practitioner, and Murray and his broth carried the day. In spite of the
heat, Wasser had to be carried below, and all who could were glad to
take shelter there, for down came the rain with terrific force, and
continued without intermission, almost swamping the little vessel. Her
crew had work enough to do all their time in keeping her clear of the
water, which poured in through the leaks in bucketsful. For days and
nights together no one had on a dry jacket. By such observations as
they could manage to make, Murray and Adair began to suspect that all
their seamanship was set at nought; for though they at times made some
way through the water, they as quickly lost all the ground they had
gained, and thus it became evident that there was a strong current
against them.

"This is dreadfully trying," exclaimed Terence, after they had become
convinced of this disagreeable fact. "Let us try and make the land
again, and see whereabouts we are. Perhaps by hugging the shore we may
be able to get round Cape Palmas after all." Murray agreed to this
proposal, although he was not very sanguine of success. He knew that
the currents were probably as strong in-shore as where they then were,
but he hoped that they might possibly get a slant of wind off the land,
which would enable them to stem the current, and help them along round
the Cape. Murray had been making his calculations on paper.

"I could scarcely have believed that we could have been so unfortunate,"
he observed, looking calmly up. "For the last six days we have not made
good more than four or five miles--perhaps scarcely so much. _I_ have
no wish to pay another visit to Cape Coast Castle, though I dare say the
old governor would be as kind to us as before."

"I agree with you," answered Adair. "Let us stick at it. We must get
the wind in our favour some day or other It does not always blow from
the nor'ard, I suppose."

Like true British sailors they did stick at it. Such is the spirit
which has animated the numerous brave voyagers who have explored the
arctic regions, the southern seas, and the wide-spreading Pacific. At
length the land was made. It was a long way, however, to