The Myrtle, no longer impeded by the trailing wreckage, forged rapidly through the water, although she was now carrying foresail, staysail, and outer jib only.

By and by Marston hauled down the staysail and stood on the deck forward, studying the forbidding coast Wyndham steered for.

Having arrived at the edge of the pack, a gale came on so suddenly that they were at once reduced to storm staysails.