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t on shore in a cove full of breakers. About with her, exclaimed a sailor, or we are cast away. They get her about immediately, and, passing over the surf, they enter a fair sound, and shelter themselves under the lee of a small rise of land. It is dark, and the rain beats furiously; yet the men are so wet, and cold, and weak, they slight the danger to be apprehended from the savages, and, after great difficulty. kindle a fire on shore. Morning, as it dawned, showed the place to be a Dec. 9. small island within the entrance of a harbor. Tile day was required for rest and preparations. Time 10 was precious; the season advancing; their companions were left in suspense. The next day was the Christian Sabbath. Nothing marks the character of the Pilgrims more fully, than that they kept it sa- Chap VIII.} 1620 credly, though every consideration demanded haste. On Monday, the eleventh day of December, old style, the exploring party of the forefathers land at Plym- Dec. 11.