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are so sharp and hard, that if your ship once touches them it will be lost. Do not think there is no danger because you see none. The sea may be smooth, but do not trust to its smoothness. Stand off from that rocky island, do not go near to it. If you were once to let your vessel approach it, there are eddies and currents that would bear you and your ship nearer and nearer, till it strikes and all is lost. So the captain went on board, and his mate with him, and his crew. It was beautiful to see its sails, as white as driven snow, swelling out with the gentle wind. To see its white flag, on which
