We had been, I apprehend, more than an hour in this situation, when the boatmen began to complain of cold and weariness.

I saw, also, that they began to be uneasy, for they did not know where they were.

They had no way of forming any judgment about their course, but by knowing the point from whence the wind blew, and by keeping the boat in a relative position towards it.

I encouraged them as well as I could, though I was beginning to be uneasy myself, and also sick.

In about a quarter of an hour they began to complain again.