They congratulated us on having accomplished a remarkable boat journey.

I do not wish to belittle our success with the pride that apes humility.

Under Providence we had overcome great difficulties and dangers, and it was pleasant to tell the tale to men who knew those sullen and treacherous southern seas.
McCarthy, McNeish, and Vincent had been landed on the Monday afternoon.

They were already showing some signs of increasing strength under a regime of warm quarters and abundant food.

The carpenter looked woefully thin after he had emerged from a bath.