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Updated: May 12, 2025
It rose vertically, like a wall, not only covering the whole end of the cloth-case, but stretching beyond it, upward and on both sides how far I could not tell, but so far that, after thrusting my arms up to the elbows, I could feel neither edge nor corner.
Suffice it to say, that I began by cutting one of the lid boards of the empty cloth-case, and then drawing it downwards till I pulled it out. The open space by the side of the ship proved an advantage to me while making the cross-section, as it allowed me to ply my blade freely through the planks.
My situation had grown more desperate, and the necessity for action so apparent, that all lesser dangers had given way to the greater one that threatened me the danger of starvation. Having finished emptying the cloth-case of its contents, I resolved to rest a bit, and refresh myself with a scanty ration of crumbs and a cup of water.
The second reason, however, which influenced my choice, was of more importance. I had already ascertained that another cloth-case stood on the top of this one, whereas the biscuit-box had bales of linen both on the top, and at that end through which I should have to make way.
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