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The sea was as rough as ever, and the symptoms became alarming. The / barometer fell several millimeters. The wind came in violent gusts, and / then for a moment or so failed altogether. Under such circumstances a / sailing vessel would have had to reef in her topsails and her foresail. / Everything showed that the wind was rising in the northwest. The / storm-glass became much troubled and its movements were most / disquieting.
At one o'clock in the morning the wind came on again with extreme / violence. Although the aeronef was going right in its teeth she was / still making progress at a rate of from twelve to fifteen miles an / hour. But that was the utmost she could do.