"This will do," he observed, when the white section changed to red. "Right in the middle of the channel. It's a good fifty feet down. Steady, Peter, mind the gunwale; it was varnished only yesterday.... Let go!" With a sullen splash, the "box of tricks" disappeared from sight. Sir Brian sat gazing at the ever-increasing circles in the moonlit water. He sat up with the air of a man who has taken a critical step and is well satisfied with the result. Then, in a barely audible voice, he quoted: "Let us be back'd with God, and with the seas Which He hath given for fence impregnable, And with their helps only defend ourselves; In them and in ourselves our safety lies." PRINTED AND BOUND IN GREAT BRITAIN _By Blackie & Son, Limited, Glasgow_ [Transcriber's Notes: This book contains a number of misprints. The following misprints have been corrected: [find out how Don Jose] -> [find out how Don José] ["By jove!" he almost shouted] -> ["By Jove!" he almost shouted] (Several other instances of "jove" have been corrected to "Jove" but are not further mentioned here) [Senor Jaurez grinned] -> [Señor Jaurez grinned] [shooting trip up the Rioguaya.] -> [shooting trip up the Rio Guaya.] (There is a difference between the country-name and its river) ['Spose it's all right,] -> [S'pose it's all right,] ['spose the Tower of Babel] -> [s'pose the Tower of Babel] [subsiduary] -> [subsidiary] [there were compensatetions.] -> [there were compensations.] [knifelike bows] -> [knife-like bows] [antiaircraft gun, they] -> [anti-aircraft gun, they] [indispensibility] -> [indispensability] [the wreck of the foretop] -> [the wreck of the fore-top] [separating the wardroom] -> [separating the ward-room] The word [wolfhound] is also found spelled as [wolf-hound]. Both versions are found multiple times. No correction was made. A few other cases of punctuation errors were corrected, but are not mentioned here. Unfortunately one illustration is missing. It is marked in the illustrations-list and at the position where it should be, with the text: [(missing from book)]. ] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Clipped Wings, by Percy F. Westerman