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Never had such a following sea driven a boat as that which, in less than a quarter of an hour, was hurrying the steamer to Treport. It was a real gale from the north.
The sea was in the wildest commotion, the waves leaping, plunging, and breaking madly upon one another. Entering the channel of Saint-Valery was not to be thought of. In heavy weather the Bay of Somme is impracticable. They had, therefore, laid their course direct to Treport.