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not a cruiser, not only should we not be lost, but that we should take a

vessel in which we could e As we pursued

our course Zoraida kept her head between my hands so as not to see her

father, and I felt that she was praying to Lela Marien to help us

We ht have made about thirty miles when daybreak found us some three

musket-shots off the land, which seemed to us deserted, and without

anyone to see us For all that, however, by hard roe put out a

little to sea, for it was now soues the as given to row by batches, while we ate so,

for the vessel ell provided; but the rowers said it was not a time

to take any rest; let food be served out to those ere not rowing,

but they would not leave their oars on any account This was done, but

now a stiff breeze began to blohich obliged us to leave off rowing

and make sail at once and steer for Oran, as it was impossible to make

any other course All this was done very proht

across soave the Moorish rowers

so them that they were

not held as captives, as we should set them free on the first

opportunity