The crests of the billows were tipped with a wild light, and the foam regained its whiteness.

At the same time on the left the hilly parts of the coast could be seen, though very indistinctly.
At six o'clock day had broken.

The clouds rapidly lifted.

The seaman and his companions were then about six miles from the Chimneys.

They were following a very flat shore bounded by a reef of rocks, whose heads scarcely emerged from the sea, for they were in deep water.