Quotation from: The Beasts of Tarzan

Written by: Edgar Rice Burroughs


"It is useless to remain aboard her longer," remarked the ape-man
to the mate. "There is no telling but there may be other explosions,
and as we cannot hope to save her, the safest thing which we can
do is to take to the boats without further loss of time and make
land."


Nor was there other alternative. Only the sailors could bring
away any belongings, for the fire, which had not yet reached the
forecastle, had consumed all in the vicinity of the cabin which
the explosion had not destroyed.

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Part of a series of experiments in web preservation under the direction of Michael L. Nelson, Ph.D.