CHAPTER XVI. THE PANNIER 

He was still pacing there when an hour or so before sunset--some fifteen hours after setting out--they stood before the entrance of a long bottle-necked cove under the shadow of the cliffs of Aquila Point on the southern coast of the Island of Formentera. He was rendered aware of this and roused from his abstraction by the voice of Asad calling to him from the poop and commanding him to make the cove. 

Already the wind was failing them, and it became necessary to take to the oars, as must in any case have happened once they were through the coves narrow neck in the becalmed lagoon beyond. So Sakr-el-Bahr, in his turn, lifted up his voice, and in answer to his shout came Vigitello and Larocque. 

A blast of Vigitello's whistle brought his own men to heel, and they passed rapidly along the benches ordering the rowers to make ready, whilst Jasper and a half-dozen Muslim sailors set about furling the sails that already were beginning to flap in the shifting and intermittent gusts of the expiring wind. Sakr-el-Bahr gave the word to row, and Vigitello blew a second and longer blast. The oars dipped, the slaves strained and the galeasse ploughed forward, time being kept by a boatswain's mate who squatted on the waist-deck and beat a tomtom rhythmically. Sakr-el-Bahr, standing on the poop-deck, shouted his orders to the steersmen in their niches on either side of the stern, and skilfully the vessel was manoeuvred through the narrow passage into the calm lagoon whose depths were crystal clear. Here before coming to rest, Sakr-el-Bahr followed the invariable corsair practice of going about, so as to be ready to leave his moorings and make for the open again at a moment's notice.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. The characters in the story stood before which entrance?
2. What type of entrance did the characters in the story stand before?
3. 
Q2:
1. The story takes place how much time before sunset?
2. How long before sunset does the story take place?
3. 
Q3:
1. Why did the characters in the story use oars?
2. What was the purpose of using oars?
3. 
Q4:
1. Aquila point is on the coast of what island?
2. What is the name of the island where Aquila point is located?
3. 
Q5:
1. Who did Vigitello an larocque answer when he lifted his voice?
2. What is the name of the person who was answered by Vigitello and Larocque after lifting his voice?
3. 
Q6:
1. What were the water conditions of the lagoon?
2. How would one describe the conditions of the lagoon?
3. 
Q7:
1. Would one describe the water of the lagoon as clear or murky?
2. Was the water in the lagoon murky or clear?
3. 
Q8:
1. What action was performed by Vigitello in order to bring his men to heel?
2. Vigitello's men were brought to heel when he performed what action?
3. 
Q9:
1. The characters in the story were located near which cliffs
2. What is the name of the point whose cliffs the story's characters were near?
3. 
Q10:
1. Which people gave orders to the sailors to row?
2. The sailors were told by which men to row?
3. 
