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A MAN OUT OF THE SEA.
Rorie set out for the house in search of warmth and breakfast; but my uncle was bent upon examining the shores of Aros, and I felt it a part of duty to accompany him throughout.

He was now docile and quiet, but tremulous and weak in mind and body; and it was with the eagerness of a child that he pursued his exploration.

He climbed far down upon the rocks; on the beaches, he pursued the retreating breakers.

The merest broken plank or rag of cordage was a treasure in his eyes to be secured at the peril of his life.