s right.

Once and again were they overwhelmed; but as often did they rise above
the foam to continue the battle. It was a terrible fight. A piece of
wreck struck the man on his back and well-nigh broke it; then a wave
arched high above them, fell with a crash, and drove them nearly to the
bottom, so that the child was rendered insensible, and the strong man
was nearly choked before he rose again to the surface to gasp the
precious air. At last a wave broke behind them, caught them on its
crest, and hurled them on a beach of sand. To cling to this while the
water retired was the fiercest part of the conflict--the turning-point
in the battle. The wave swept back and left the man on his hands and
knees. He rose and staggered forward a few paces ere the next wave
rushed upon him, compelling him to fall again on hands and knees and
drive his bleeding fingers deep down into the shingle. When the water
once more retired, he rose and stumbled on till he reached a point above
high-water mark, where he fell down in a state of utter exhaustion, but
still clasping the little one tightly to his breast.

For some time he lay there in a state of half-consciousness until his
strength began to revive; then he arose, thanking God in an audible
voice as he did so, and carried the child to a spot which was sheltered
in some degree by a mass of cliff from the blinding spray and furious
gale. Here he laid her with her face downwards on a grassy place, and
proceeded to warm his benumbed frame.

Vitality was strong in the sailor. It needed only a few seconds'
working of the human machine to call it into full play. He squeezed the
water out of his jacket and trousers, and then slapped his arms across
his chest with extreme violence, stamping his feet the while, so that he
was speedily in a sufficiently restored condition to devote his
attention with effect to the child, which still lay motionless on the
grass.

He wrung the water out of her clothes, and chafed her feet, hands, and
limbs, rapidly yet tenderly, but without success. His anxiety while
thus employed was very great; for he did not know the proper method to
adopt in the circumstances, and he felt that if the child did not revive
within a few minutes, all chance of her recovery would be gone. The
energy of his action and the anxiety of his mind had warmed his own
frame into a glow. It suddenly occurred to him that he might make use
of this superabundant heat. Opening