He wanted to make sure they should see us.
At last, the bark came so near that we could see the people on board, but still she went past us.

This was the hardest to bear of all, for she seemed so near.

But when she tacked and came back, she sailed right down to us.

We could see her all the time now, whether we were up or down.
"She'll take us this time," said the captain.
I supposed that when the ship came near us she would stop and lower a boat, but there seemed to be no intention of the kind.

A group of men stood in her bow, and I saw that one of them held a round life-preserver in his hand,--it was one of the India-rubber kind, filled with air, and to it a line was attached.