CHAPTER XXXII.
DECEMBER 8th to 17th .-- When night came we wrapped ourselves in our sails.

For my own part, worn out with the fatigue of the long watch in the top-mast, I slept for several hours; M.Letourneur and Andre did the same, and Miss Herbey obtained sufficient rest to relieve the tired expression that her countenance had lately been wearing.

The night passed quietly.

As the raft was not very heavily laden the waves did not break over it at all, and we were consequently able to keep ourselves perfectly dry.

To say the truth, it was far better for us that the sea should remain somewhat boisterous, for any diminution in the swell of the waves would indicate that; the wind had dropped, and it was with a feeling of regret that when the morning came I had to note down "weather calm" in my journal.
In these low latitudes the heat in the day-time is so intense, and the sun burns with such an incessant glare, that the entire atmosphere becomes pervaded with a glowing vapour.