I propose a swim and
then bed. Who'll second me?" And two minutes later we were all diving
from the boat into cool, deep water, that reflected a thousand moons as
the waves broke away from us in countless ripples.
We slept in blankets under the open sky, Sangree and I taking the
outside places, and were up before sunrise to catch the dawn wind.
Helped by this early start we were half-way home by noon, and then the
wind shifted to a few points behind us so that we fairly ran. In and out
among a thousand islands, down narrow channels where we lost the wind,
out into open spaces where we had to take in a reef, racing along under
a hot and cloudless sky, we flew through the very heart of the
bewildering and lonely scenery.
"A real wilderness," cried Dr. Silence from his seat in the bows where
he held the jib sheet. His hat was off, his hair tumbled in the wind,
and his lean brown face gave him the touch of an Oriental. Presently he
changed places with Sangree, and came down to talk with me by the
tiller.
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