"'There,' he shouted in my own ear. 'if either of us gets chucked well up, and a hold is got by the natives of him, one other must appear, too. Now head, Ben, keep broadside about the revolution since it takes you whenever you can, and allow it to move you up as far. Then, whenever you believe that its force is invested, stick your hands and feet in to the sand, and hold on tight like grim death.'