Not even a solitary gull.

The Captain remarked to his wife, "It is a curious fact that, excepting the petrels, sea birds keep near to the land in bad weather." Captain Godfrey feared the night, and as it came on the wind grew in strength.

A terrible sea was running, and all were fastened below excepting Paul and the Captain.

The Indian would not leave the deck, although more than once he was nearly washed overboard.

At length darkness covered the face of the ocean, and the wind howled in all its fury.