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coats except "Chub" and I, 
& we put oil clothes around 
us but the rain went 
through them like water 
through a seive. We finally 
reached a smooth level bank 
and on landing we nearly 
had a hippicanoreous fit, for 
wonder of wonders a house 
was seen back but a short 
distance from the shore. We 
ran up to the porch then 
the man let us occupy the 
tobacco shed & it was simply 
swell beside the po[a]ring 
rain outside. On opening 
our duds we found that