The Last of the Flatboats; a Story of the Mississippi And Its Interesting Family of Rivers
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For night fell at last with the fog still on, and between the fog and the darkness it was no longer possible to see even the water at the sides of the boat from the deck. The crew had eaten no dinner that day. They had forgotten all about their meals in the eagerness of their watching. Now that watching was no longer possible they re- membered their appetites, and had an even- ing dinner instead of supper. They set their lights of course, though it was of little use from "any point of view. The...y could not be seen at a distance or twenty yards, and moreover there was no- body to see them. " There's not much danger of any steam- boat running into us now," said Phil, who had carefully thought the matter out." « Why not ? " asked Ed. " Because this fog has lasted for nearly twelve hours now, and by this time every steamboat is tied up to some bank or tree. For no pilot would think of running in such a cloud after finding any shore to which he could make his boat fast." 21 6 THE LAST OF THE FLATBOATS " But how can a steamboat find the shore when we can't ?
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