On Board the Esmeralda
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"I didn't think of looking at it, sir, " I replied.
"Then do so at once, " he said; "a sailor should never fail to consulthis barometer, even when the weather is apparently fine, for it giveswarning of any change hours, perhaps, before it may occur. It is anunswerving guide--more so than the wind and sky in some latitudes. " I hastened now to look at the instrument, and noticing that it hadfallen, I reported the fact to the skipper as he was dressing.
"Ah, " said he, "then that has occurred sin...ce I turned in;" and, completing his toilet rapidly, he soon followed me on deck, whither Ireturned at once.
In the short interval of my absence below, however, there was a markedalteration in the scene.
The wind had dropped to the faintest breeze, which presently, too, diedaway, succeeded by a dead stillness of the atmosphere, while the seabecame like glass, except where an occasional heave of the unbrokensurface betrayed the restless force beneath that seeming calm; and, instead of the clear sky and wide-stretching horizon melting into theazure distance, which had previously struck me with admiration, a thickhaze had crept up over the heavens from the westwards, which, extendingright up to the zenith, had soon shut out the bright sunlight, making itdarker than night--the air becoming at the same time chill and cold.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
"I didn't think of looking at it, sir, " I replied.
"Then do so at once, " he said; "a sailor should never fail to consulthis barometer, even when the weather is apparently fine, for it giveswarning of any change hours, perhaps, before it may occur. It is anunswerving guide--more so than the wind and sky in some latitudes. " I hastened now to look at the instrument, and noticing that it hadfallen, I reported the fact to the skipper as he was dressing.
"Ah, " said he, "then that has occurred sin...ce I turned in;" and, completing his toilet rapidly, he soon followed me on deck, whither Ireturned at once.
In the short interval of my absence below, however, there was a markedalteration in the scene.
The wind had dropped to the faintest breeze, which presently, too, diedaway, succeeded by a dead stillness of the atmosphere, while the seabecame like glass, except where an occasional heave of the unbrokensurface betrayed the restless force beneath that seeming calm; and, instead of the clear sky and wide-stretching horizon melting into theazure distance, which had previously struck me with admiration, a thickhaze had crept up over the heavens from the westwards, which, extendingright up to the zenith, had soon shut out the bright sunlight, making itdarker than night--the air becoming at the same time chill and cold.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Hutcheson John Conroy to read onlineMoreLess
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