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Chapter IX · Chapter 9

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THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.
Some days she made a little way; others, she was driven actually back.
At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.
There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only the result: that we had made a fair wind of a foul one and were running south.
The tenth afternoon there was a falling swell and a thick, wet, white fog that hid one end of the brig from the other.
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Kidnapped

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Kidnapped is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.
Line 2
Some days she made a little way; others, she was driven actually back.
Line 3
At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.
Line 4
There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only the result: that we had made a fair wind of a foul one and were running south.
Line 5
The tenth afternoon there was a falling swell and a thick, wet, white fog that hid one end of the brig from the other.

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a

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

actually

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From this reading Some days she made a little way; others, she was driven actually back.

afternoon

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From this reading The tenth afternoon there was a falling swell and a thick, wet, white fog that hid one end of the brig from the other.

and

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

At

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

back

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From this reading Some days she made a little way; others, she was driven actually back.

beaten

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

BELT

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

brig

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From this reading The tenth afternoon there was a falling swell and a thick, wet, white fog that hid one end of the brig from the other.

by

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

Cape

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

coast

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

council

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Covenant

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

day

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days

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From this reading Some days she made a little way; others, she was driven actually back.

decision

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From this reading There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only the result: that we had made a fair wind of a foul one and were running south.

did

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From this reading There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only the result: that we had made a fair wind of a foul one and were running south.

driven

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From this reading Some days she made a little way; others, she was driven actually back.

either

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

end

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From this reading The tenth afternoon there was a falling swell and a thick, wet, white fog that hid one end of the brig from the other.

fair

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From this reading There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only the result: that we had made a fair wind of a foul one and were running south.

falling

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From this reading The tenth afternoon there was a falling swell and a thick, wet, white fog that hid one end of the brig from the other.

far

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

fog

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From this reading The tenth afternoon there was a falling swell and a thick, wet, white fog that hid one end of the brig from the other.

followed

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From this reading There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only the result: that we had made a fair wind of a foul one and were running south.

foul

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From this reading There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only the result: that we had made a fair wind of a foul one and were running south.

fro

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

from

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From this reading The tenth afternoon there was a falling swell and a thick, wet, white fog that hid one end of the brig from the other.

GOLD

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

grew

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

had

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

hand

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

hid

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From this reading The tenth afternoon there was a falling swell and a thick, wet, white fog that hid one end of the brig from the other.

hitherto

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

I

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From this reading There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only the result: that we had made a fair wind of a foul one and were running south.

ill-luck

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

in

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

it

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

last

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

little

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From this reading Some days she made a little way; others, she was driven actually back.

made

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From this reading Some days she made a little way; others, she was driven actually back.

MAN

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

marked

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

More

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

ninth

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

not

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From this reading There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only the result: that we had made a fair wind of a foul one and were running south.

OF

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

officers

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From this reading There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only the result: that we had made a fair wind of a foul one and were running south.

on

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

one

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From this reading There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only the result: that we had made a fair wind of a foul one and were running south.

only

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From this reading There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only the result: that we had made a fair wind of a foul one and were running south.

other

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From this reading The tenth afternoon there was a falling swell and a thick, wet, white fog that hid one end of the brig from the other.

others

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From this reading Some days she made a little way; others, she was driven actually back.

pursued

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

result

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From this reading There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only the result: that we had made a fair wind of a foul one and were running south.

rightly

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From this reading There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only the result: that we had made a fair wind of a foul one and were running south.

rocky

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

running

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From this reading There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only the result: that we had made a fair wind of a foul one and were running south.

seeing

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From this reading There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only the result: that we had made a fair wind of a foul one and were running south.

she

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From this reading Some days she made a little way; others, she was driven actually back.

sight

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

so

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

Some

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From this reading Some days she made a little way; others, she was driven actually back.

south

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

strongly

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

swell

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From this reading The tenth afternoon there was a falling swell and a thick, wet, white fog that hid one end of the brig from the other.

tacked

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

tenth

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From this reading The tenth afternoon there was a falling swell and a thick, wet, white fog that hid one end of the brig from the other.

than

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

that

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

THE

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

There

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From this reading There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only the result: that we had made a fair wind of a foul one and were running south.

thick

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From this reading The tenth afternoon there was a falling swell and a thick, wet, white fog that hid one end of the brig from the other.

this

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

to

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

tossed

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

understand

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From this reading There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only the result: that we had made a fair wind of a foul one and were running south.

upon

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

voyage

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

was

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From this reading Some days she made a little way; others, she was driven actually back.

way

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From this reading Some days she made a little way; others, she was driven actually back.

we

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

week

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

went

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

were

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

wet

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From this reading The tenth afternoon there was a falling swell and a thick, wet, white fog that hid one end of the brig from the other.

which

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

white

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From this reading The tenth afternoon there was a falling swell and a thick, wet, white fog that hid one end of the brig from the other.

whole

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

wild

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

wind

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From this reading There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only the result: that we had made a fair wind of a foul one and were running south.

WITH

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

within

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

Wrath

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From this reading At last we were beaten so far to the south that we tossed and tacked to and fro the whole of the ninth day, within sight of Cape Wrath and the wild, rocky coast on either hand of it.

yet

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From this reading THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD More than a week went by, in which the ill-luck that had hitherto pursued the _Covenant_ upon this voyage grew yet more strongly marked.

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