The water being high made a terrible roaring, which could be heard at some distance, among the driftwood heaped frightfully upon the points of the islands, the current running in every possible direction.

Here we did not know how soon we should be dashed to pieces and all our troubles ended at once...

Our boats frequently dragged on the bottom and appeared constantly in danger of striking.

They warped as much as in a rough sea.

But by the hand of Providence we are now preserved from this danger also.