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Experience
had
proved
that
the
bark
was
powerless
against
the
violence
of
the
torrent
,
and
John
accordingly
felled
some
of
the
gum-trees
,
and
made
a
rude
but
solid
raft
with
the
trunks
.
It
was
a
long
task
,
and
the
day
had
gone
before
the
work
was
ended
.
It
was
completed
next
morning
.
By
this
time
the
waters
had
visibly
diminished
;
the
torrent
had
once
more
become
a
river
,
though
a
very
rapid
one
,
it
is
true
.
However
,
by
pursuing
a
zigzag
course
,
and
overcoming
it
to
a
certain
extent
,
John
hoped
to
reach
the
opposite
shore
.
At
half-past
twelve
,
they
embarked
provisions
enough
for
a
couple
of
days
.
The
remainder
was
left
with
the
wagon
and
the
tent
.
Mulrady
was
doing
well
enough
to
be
carried
over
;
his
convalescence
was
rapid
.
At
one
o'clock
,
they
all
seated
themselves
on
the
raft
,
still
moored
to
the
shore
.
John
Mangles
had
installed
himself
at
the
starboard
,
and
entrusted
to
Wilson
a
sort
of
oar
to
steady
the
raft
against
the
current
,
and
lessen
the
leeway
.
He
took
his
own
stand
at
the
back
,
to
steer
by
means
of
a
large
scull
;
but
,
notwithstanding
their
efforts
,
Wilson
and
John
Mangles
soon
found
themselves
in
an
inverse
position
,
which
made
the
action
of
the
oars
impossible
.
There
was
no
help
for
it
;
they
could
do
nothing
to
arrest
the
gyratory
movement
of
the
raft
;
it
turned
round
with
dizzying
rapidity
,
and
drifted
out
of
its
course
.
John
Mangles
stood
with
pale
face
and
set
teeth
,
gazing
at
the
whirling
current
.
However
,
the
raft
had
reached
the
middle
of
the
river
,
about
half
a
mile
from
the
starting
point
.
Here
the
current
was
extremely
strong
,
and
this
broke
the
whirling
eddy
,
and
gave
the
raft
some
stability
.
John
and
Wilson
seized
their
oars
again
,
and
managed
to
push
it
in
an
oblique
direction
.
This
brought
them
nearer
to
the
left
shore
.
They
were
not
more
than
fifty
fathoms
from
it
,
when
Wilson
's
oar
snapped
short
off
,
and
the
raft
,
no
longer
supported
,
was
dragged
away
.
John
tried
to
resist
at
the
risk
of
breaking
his
own
oar
,
too
,
and
Wilson
,
with
bleeding
hands
,
seconded
his
efforts
with
all
his
might
.
At
last
they
succeeded
,
and
the
raft
,
after
a
passage
of
more
than
half
an
hour
,
struck
against
the
steep
bank
of
the
opposite
shore
.
The
shock
was
so
violent
that
the
logs
became
disunited
,
the
cords
broke
,
and
the
water
bubbled
up
between
.
The
travelers
had
barely
time
to
catch
hold
of
the
steep
bank
.
They
dragged
out
Mulrady
and
the
two
dripping
ladies
.
Everyone
was
safe
;
but
the
provisions
and
firearms
,
except
the
carbine
of
the
Major
,
went
drifting
down
with
the
DEBRIS
of
the
raft
.
The
river
was
crossed
.
The
little
company
found
themselves
almost
without
provisions
,
thirty-five
miles
from
Delegete
,
in
the
midst
of
the
unknown
deserts
of
the
Victoria
frontier
.
Neither
settlers
nor
squatters
were
to
be
met
with
;
it
was
entirely
uninhabited
,
unless
by
ferocious
bushrangers
and
bandits
.
They
resolved
to
set
off
without
delay
.
Mulrady
saw
clearly
that
he
would
be
a
great
drag
on
them
,
and
he
begged
to
be
allowed
to
remain
,
and
even
to
remain
alone
,
till
assistance
could
be
sent
from
Delegete
.
Glenarvan
refused
.
