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 dickens is the entrance to this lagoon? We don't want a smash up now after all our trouble. Jim, you tinted heathen, how do you reckon we can get in?"

The Kanaka stood up and surveyed the reef of rocks which formed the lagoon.

"Maybe p'raps over there," he said, pointing. "Go easy."

The islander's instinct proved right. He directed Tempest to the only channel leading into the calm water beyond the reef.