The reason that he did not, a reason which did not occur to him at the time, was that the marshes were four feet under water.

Owing to the tremendous tide Pounddug Slough was now merely a continuation of the Harbor and almost as wide.
The lightkeeper began to think that he must have miscalculated his distance.

He could not have rowed as far as he thought.

Therefore, he again turned the dory's nose into the teeth of the wind and pulled steadily on.

At intervals he stopped and listened.