Jules Verne

“ The boat, however, could not free herself from the eddies. At times she was completely hidden behind some gigantic breaker, and then caught in the swirl of the gulf, was spun round and round like an arrow, or rather like a stone flung from a sling.
“Faster! Faster!” cried Miss Campbell, unable to repress her feelings.
But at the sight of the great foam-crested billows some of the passengers already uttered cries of alarm; and the captain, aware of the risk he was incurring, hesitated about going any nearer the Coryvrechan. ”

“ At these words the passengers crowded on to the bridge, and looked in the direction of the gulf. There could no longer be any doubt that a boat had been drawn into the pass, and, carried along by the high tide on the whirling eddies, was now rushing on to certain destruction.
All eyes were fixed on the point of the gulf, about four or five miles distant from the Glengary.
“Most likely it is only a boat adrift,” observed one of the passengers.
“Not so, for I can see a man in it,” replied another.
“A man—two men!” cried Partridge, who was standing beside Miss Campbell. ”

“ The slight breeze off the land was not enough to fill their sail, and draw them out of the eddies, and oars were powerless in such a sea, to prevent their being carried into the Coryvrechan.
“Captain!” cried Miss Campbell, “we cannot leave those poor creatures to perish. They will be lost if they are left to themselves. We must go to their help. We must.”
All on board thought the same, and eagerly awaited the captain's answer.
“The Glengary could not venture into the Coryvrechan; but perhaps we may be able to get within reach of the boat,” he replied. ”