Then suddenly she lifted it again and stared at the terror ahead of them with wide, unflinching eyes.
On sped the boat while more and more did tide and gale turn her prow into the reef.

At the end of it a large, humpbacked rock showed now and again through the surf, like the fin of a black whale.

That was the rock which they must clear if they would live.

Morris took the boat-hook and laid it by his side.

They were very near now.