| Author: | Robert Michael Ballantyne | ISBN: | 1230001573121 |
| Publisher: | Gbooks | Publication: | March 3, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Michael Ballantyne |
| ISBN: | 1230001573121 |
| Publisher: | Gbooks |
| Publication: | March 3, 2017 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
mile wide, reflected every tree and crag of the island, as if in a mirror. It was a grand, a glorious sight, and caused Jarwin’s heart to swell with emotions that he had never felt before; but his attention was quickly turned to a danger which was imminent, and which seemed to threaten the total destruction of his raft, and the loss of his life.
A very slight breeze—a mere zephyr—which had carried him during the night towards the island, was now bearing him straight, though slowly, down on the reef, where, if he had once got involved in the breakers, the raft
mile wide, reflected every tree and crag of the island, as if in a mirror. It was a grand, a glorious sight, and caused Jarwin’s heart to swell with emotions that he had never felt before; but his attention was quickly turned to a danger which was imminent, and which seemed to threaten the total destruction of his raft, and the loss of his life.
A very slight breeze—a mere zephyr—which had carried him during the night towards the island, was now bearing him straight, though slowly, down on the reef, where, if he had once got involved in the breakers, the raft
