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January 27th continued -- A change came over me as if by miracle. No longer had I any wish to die, and already Curtis, who had heard my cries, was throwing me a rope. I seized it eagerly, and was hauled up on to the raft, "Fresh water! " were the first words I uttered.
"Fresh water? " cried Curtis, "why then, my friends, we are not far from land! "