Seeing myself
nearer the mainland than I had expected, with what breath I had left I
got upon my feet and endeavored with all my strength to make toward land
as fast as I could.
5. I was wholly buried by the next wave that came upon me,
but again I was carried a great way toward shore. I was ready to burst
with holding my breath, when to my relief I found my head and hands
shoot above the surface of the water. I was covered again with water,
and dashed against a rock. The blow, taking my breast and side,
beat the breath quite out of my body. I held fast by the piece of rock,
however, and then, although very weak, I fetched another run,
so that I succeeded in getting to the mainland, where I sat me down,
quite out of reach of the water.
Questions and Notes. In what words in the preceding paragraphs has
silent _a_ been dropped on adding a syllable? In what words do you find
the digraph _ea,_ and what sound does it have in each? How many
different sounds of _ea_ do you find? What is the difference between
_breath_ and _breathe---all_ the differences? How many l's in _almost?_
In what other compounds does _all_ drop one _l_? Why do we not have two
_r_'s in _covered_? (Answer.
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