that I had found a good friend and helper , and I was rejoiced to see the ship . As soon as we were all set in our places , the boat was thrust off from the pier and began to move over the waters : and what with my pleasure in this new movement and my surprise at our low position , and the appearance of the shores , and the growing bigness of the brig as we drew near to it , I could hardly understand what the captain said , and must have answered him at random . As soon as we were alongside -LRB- where I sat fairly gaping at the ship 's height , the strong humming of the tide against its sides , and the pleasant cries of the seamen at their work -RRB- Hoseason , declaring that he and I must be the first aboard , ordered a tackle to be sent down from the main-yard . In this I was whipped into the air and set down again on the deck , where the captain stood ready waiting for me , and instantly slipped back his arm under mine . There I stood some while , a little dizzy with the unsteadiness of all around me , perhaps a little afraid , and yet vastly pleased with these strange sights ; the captain meanwhile pointing out the strangest , and telling me their names and uses . `` But where is my uncle ? '' said I suddenly . `` Ay , '' said Hoseason , with a sudden grimness , `` that 's the point . '' I felt I was lost . With all my strength , I plucked myself clear of him and ran to the bulwarks . Sure enough , there was the boat pulling for the town , with my uncle sitting in the stern . I gave a piercing cry -- `` Help , help ! Murder ! '' -- so that both sides of the anchorage rang with it , and my uncle turned round where he was sitting , and showed me a face full of cruelty and terror . It was the last I saw . Already strong hands had been plucking me back from the ship 's side ; and now a thunderbolt seemed to strike me ; I saw a great flash of fire , and fell senseless . CHAPTER VII I GO TO SEA IN THE BRIG `` COVENANT '' OF DYSART I came to myself in darkness , in great pain , bound hand and foot , and deafened by many unfamiliar noises . There sounded in my ears a roaring of water as of a huge mill-dam , the thrashing of heavy sprays , the thundering of the sails , and the shrill cries of seamen . The whole world now heaved giddily up , and now rushed giddily downward ; and so sick and hurt was I in body , and my mind so much confounded , that it took me a long while , chasing my thoughts up and down , and ever stunned again by a fresh stab of pain , to realise that I must be lying somewhere bound in the belly of that unlucky ship , and that the wind must have strengthened to a gale . With the clear perception of my plight , there fell upon me a blackness of despair , a horror of remorse at my own folly , and a passion of anger at my uncle , that once more bereft me of my senses .
When I returned again to life , the same uproar , the same confused and violent movements , shook and XXXXX me ; and presently , to my other pains and distresses , there was added the sickness of an unused landsman on the sea .
confounded deafened help lying pulling sent sitting sounded strengthened waiting