Whohasnotseenpoorbirdscaughtbytheirfeetinthelime？Atfirsttheycanscarcelybelievetheyarecaught；itchangesnothingintheiraspect；buttheysoonaresurethattheyareheldfast，andindangerofnevergettingfreeagain。Andwhentheystruggletogetfree，andthestickystuffsoilstheirwingsandheads，theygraduallyassumethatpitifullookofadumbcreatureindistress，abouttodie。Suchwasthecasewiththe/Marie/。Atfirstitdidnotseemmuchtobeconcernedabout；shecertainlywascareenedalittleononeside，butitwasbroadmorning，andtheweatherwasfairandcalm；onehadtoknowsuchthingsbyexperiencetobecomeuneasy，andunderstandthatitwasaseriousmatter。
Thecaptainwastobepitied。Itwashisfault，ashehadnotunderstoodexactlywheretheywere。Hewrunghishands，saying:\"Godhelpus!Godhelpus!\"inavoiceofdespair。
Closetothem，duringaliftingofthefog，theycoulddistinguishaheadland，butnotrecognizeit。Butthemistscovereditanew，andtheysawitnolonger。
Therewasnosailorsmokeinsight。Theyalljostledabout，hurryingandknockingthedecklumberover。TheirdogTurc，whodidnotusuallymindthemovementofthesea，wasgreatlyaffectedtoobythisincident，thesesoundsfromdownbelow，theseheavywallowingswhenthelowswellpassedunder，andthesuddencalmthatafterwardsfollowed；heunderstoodthatallthiswasunusual，andhidhimselfawayincorners，withhistailbetweenhislegs。Theygotouttheboatstocarrythekedgesandsetthemfirm，andtriedtorowheroutofitbyunitingalltheirforcestogetheruponthetow-lines——aheavypieceofworkthis，whichlastedtensuccessivehours。So，wheneveningcame，thepoorbark，whichhadonlythatmorningbeensofreshandlight，lookedalmostswamped，fouled，andgoodfornothing。Shehadfoughthard，flounderedaboutonallsides，butstillremainedthere，fixedasinadock。
Nightwasovertakingthem；thewindandthewaveswererising；thingsweregrowingworse，when，allofasudden，towardssixo\'clock，theywereletgoclear，andcouldbeoffagain，tearingasunderthetow-