He turned off, instantly, to the left.

Doubtless he had been heard approaching, for two or three men detached themselves from the rest, and started to cut him off.

James ran straight inland, and in the darkness soon lost sight of his pursuers.

Then he turned, and made for the cliff again.

Two or three hundred yards farther along, there was another path to the shore, and this he had no doubt, now, was the one the smugglers were about to use.