With steady rowing we can keep her there, and we shall be out of range of the Russians." Mr.Myers assented, and for two hours the men, rowing their utmost, kept the boat stationary, partly sheltered by the cliffs at the mouth of the bay.

The Russians continued to fire, but although the boat was not wholly beyond their range, and the bullets sometimes fell near, these were for the most part carried to leeward by the wind, and not a single casualty occurred.
"The wind is falling fast," Lieutenant Simmonds said.

"We could show a rag of canvas outside now.

We had best make a long leg out to sea, and then, when the wind goes down, we can make Balaklava." For four or five hours the boat was buffeted in the tremendous seas, but gradually, as the wind went down, these abated, and after running twenty miles off the land, the boat's head was turned, and she began to beat back to Balaklava.

It was eleven o'clock that night before they reached the "Falcon," officers and men completely worn out with their exertions.
Jack found to his satisfaction that no report of his being missing had been received by the captain, and next morning at daybreak he and Lieutenant Myers walked up to camp, regretting the loss of their ponies, which would, however, they were sure, be found by the Russians long ere they finished the stores of provender within their reach.
Upon reaching camp they found that their absence had not been noticed until the afternoon of the second day of their absence.