Two Gallant Sons of Devon
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Thesuck of the current will soon draw them down the creek into the mainstream; and when once they are there the Mayubuna may say goodbye tothem. " It took them the best part of half an hour to send the whole of thecanoes adrift, but they did the job effectually, and by the time thatthe last canoe had been thrust off into the middle of the creek thefirst dozen or so were fairly in the main stream and being rapidlysucked out toward the middle by the strong current. Then Dick and Phil, after givin...g a last look round, and flinging a parting glance toward thesilent and apparently deserted village, thrust off the canoe which theyhad reserved for themselves, sprang lightly into her as she went afloat, seized the paddles, and headed down the creek. Upon reaching the mainstream they found that the current was running very strongly, showingthat there had been much rain higher up among the hills; but, on theother hand, the storm, which was still raging violently, although it hadbrought no rain as yet, had bred a strong breeze from the northwardwhich would be of incalculable value to them if they could but recovertheir own canoe, with her sail; they therefore paddled across to theopposite side of the river, where the current was to a great extentnullified by eddies, and worked their way upstream, close inshore, untilthey reached the creek near which their own canoe remained--as theyhoped--concealed, when, turning into it, they paddled up it until theyarrived at their former landing-place, easily recognisable in the lightafforded by the incessant lightning flashes.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Thesuck of the current will soon draw them down the creek into the mainstream; and when once they are there the Mayubuna may say goodbye tothem. " It took them the best part of half an hour to send the whole of thecanoes adrift, but they did the job effectually, and by the time thatthe last canoe had been thrust off into the middle of the creek thefirst dozen or so were fairly in the main stream and being rapidlysucked out toward the middle by the strong current. Then Dick and Phil, after givin...g a last look round, and flinging a parting glance toward thesilent and apparently deserted village, thrust off the canoe which theyhad reserved for themselves, sprang lightly into her as she went afloat, seized the paddles, and headed down the creek. Upon reaching the mainstream they found that the current was running very strongly, showingthat there had been much rain higher up among the hills; but, on theother hand, the storm, which was still raging violently, although it hadbrought no rain as yet, had bred a strong breeze from the northwardwhich would be of incalculable value to them if they could but recovertheir own canoe, with her sail; they therefore paddled across to theopposite side of the river, where the current was to a great extentnullified by eddies, and worked their way upstream, close inshore, untilthey reached the creek near which their own canoe remained--as theyhoped--concealed, when, turning into it, they paddled up it until theyarrived at their former landing-place, easily recognisable in the lightafforded by the incessant lightning flashes.
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