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None but a madman would have spoken, or acted, as he was doing. In the state he was in, it would be dangerous to go near him. This was evident to the occupants of the raft; and when they had arrived within a half-cable's length of the boat, they suspended the stroke of the oars, with the intention of entering upon a parley, and seeing how far their words might tranquillise him.
All his ill-humor was gone when the peril became imminent. We were strong-handed, and the four Capriotes did us seaman's service; but it was "touch and go." The last man had scarcely reached the deck when the line of foam was within half-cable's length.
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