Identifier: moderntravelreco00davi (find matches)
Title: Modern travel, a record of exploration, travel
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Davidson, Norman James. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Voyages and travels
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott company London, Seeley, Service & co., ltd.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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er with a recruit, offered to accompany him. Afew valuables belonging to the captain and the matewere fastened round his waist, to be forwarded to theirwives in case the vessel went to pieces before the ropecould be secured. The line was fastened to the centreof a broom-stick, and the three men plunged overboard.The struggle was awful, but the final one when the beachwas reached was the worst. Where the surf thunderedon the sand Rannie could retain his hold no longer, andhe signed to his companions to leave him and get ashoreif they could ; his senses began to leave him ; he wasdashed more than once on the steep sandy beach, vainlyendeavouring to dig his fingers and toes into the sand,but the backwash seized him each time and swept himout choking and almost insensible among the breakers.The fight was nearing an end when strong hands seizedhim, and he was dragged clear of the water, and heheard the voice of Fathead exclaiming, You no deadyet, Government, and a burst of hearty laughter.
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o e4 V, C^ -^ < t o ^ TREACHEROUS TRIBES OF OCEANIA 305 The two men had made the hne fast to the root of a tree,and then had come to search for him. As they hauledon the hne they could hear above the din of the stormthe cheers of those on board. The life-line proper wassecured and the passengers were rapidly pulled ashore.But when half of them had been transferred a hugesea lifted the vessel clear over the reef on which she hadstruck, and crashed her down close to the shore. Butalthough this rendered the task of saving the othersmuch easier it quite destroyed all hope of saving thevessel. They discovered that they had been wreckedbelow the Mission Station on Tongoa. This, however,was no guarantee that they would not be attacked bynatives, so, when the morning broke, they set to workwith a will to get ashore what stores they could to forma barricade against a possible attack. The nativesproved friendly, for Rannie had once done them a goodturn, which they had not forgotten. The Chan

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