Around the World in 80 Days - 18

by Jules Verne in English Adventure Stories

CHAPTER 18 IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG, PASSEPARTOUT, AND FIX GO EACH ABOUT HIS BUSINESS T he weather was bad during the latter days of the voyage. The wind, obstinately remaining in the north-west, blew a gale, and retarded the ...Read MoreThe Rangoon rolled heavily and the passengers became impatient of the long, monstrous waves which the wind raised before their path. A sort of tempest arose on the 3rd of November, the squall knocking the vessel about with fury, and the waves running high. The Rangoon reefed all her sails, and even the rigging proved too much, whistling and shaking Read Less