Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 383
f the equator,a violent gale sprang up, and continuing for days,drove us before it beyond the Spice Islands. Sud-denly the wind dropped and there was a perfectcalm. I was delighted, but the captain, who knewthose seas, bade us all prepare for a storm. Thenext day, just as he had said, a wind called… … pooh! there never were any giants! Thus we were carried so far to the east that theoldest sailor aboard could not tell in what part ofthe world we were. Our provisions held out well,our ship was stanch, and our crew all in goodhealth, but we were in great distress for lack ofwater. The wind…
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