The storm storm burst upon us six years ago now .

It would not be proper , for some reasons , to trouble the reader with the particulars of our adventures in those seas ; let it suffice to inform inform him , that in our passage passage from thence to the East Indies , we were driven drive by a violent storm storm to the north-west of Van Diemen ’s Land .

I often let my legs drop , and could feel no bottom ; but when I was almost gone , and able to struggle no longer , I found find myself within my depth ; and by this time the storm storm was much abated abate .

Happily , an inhabitant of the kitchen made more despatch : a lusty dame , with tucked-up gown , bare arms , and fire-flushed cheeks , rushed rush into the midst of us flourishing flourish a frying-pan : and used use that weapon , and her tongue , to such purpose , that the storm storm subsided subside magically , and she only remained , heaving heaving like a sea after a high wind , when her master entered enter on the scene .