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and at breakfast learned that his anchor
and the three ships were drifting at 2 A.M.
she had to get up and sail the boat
back to the anchorage. He was flown
of the river several hundred feet. At
7 A.M. the sight of the waves was a
wonder to behold! Some were ten feet
high curling and grinding of the beach.
All of the river mouth had been
changed during the night and the bars
looked very different. The storm lasted
all day, having a gale with sun-shine
and occasional rain.
As then could be no thought of sailing
today Rogers and I concluded to explore
the shore west of Jupiter River. The old
Pioneer took us across the river in the
tempet and landed us on the further
shore without getting wet. As we walked