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It was, in truth, one of the most singular denizens of the great deep that had thus come under the observation of the Catamaran's crew, so peculiar in its appearance that, without the intervention of Ben Brace, who at that moment called out in name, the boy could have pronounced it for himself.
How otherwise could they have forsaken their footing on terra firma, if the island was such, and soared upward into the air, which one and all of them did, on hearing that shout from the Catamaran? There was not much speculation on this point on the part of the Catamaran's crew.
There was plenty of room for everything: as the boat was a large one, capable of containing a dozen men; and of course ample for the accommodation of the Catamaran's crew, with all their impedimenta. The last transfer made was the mast and sail, which were "unshipped" from the Catamaran to be set up on the gig, and which were just of the right size to suit the latter craft.
His interrogations had been altogether mechanical, for the plunge he had heard, and the absence of the girl from the raft, ascertained by a single glance, told him which of the Catamaran's crew it was who had fallen overboard.
In an instant after, several white objects were seen springing up before them, which, after glancing for a moment in the air, plunged back again into the water. Not any of the Catamaran's crew were ignorant of the character of these objects.
He now lashed the catamaran's helm for a moment, leaving her to steer herself, and, picking up one of the rifles, took careful aim with it at the flying canoe, hoping to send a bullet near enough to her to spur her crew to renewed exertions, so tiring them out and compelling them to take the direction in which he desired them to go.
The two birds which had attracted the attention of the Catamaran's crew were seen suddenly to abandon their fixed poise in the air, and commence wheeling in circles, or rather in spiral lines that gradually descended towards the surface of the sea.
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