"Si, senor," he says, "look! Ver' good." Then he nodded towards theshore:

"La Sarasara! 0h, la Sarasara!" laughing and holding up his mangoes.

The smoke-cap over the Sarasara was blacker than usual and uncommonbig it looked to me. Just then it seemed to be going up and spreadingout. Stevey Todd looked over the side, and gave a grunt, and he says,"Something's a-suckin' the water out of the harbour."

Then I felt the _Helen Mar_ tugging at her anchor, and thewater was going by her like a mill race, and Cuco was gone, and onshore people were running away from the wharves and the river towardthe upper town.

I saw the trees swaying, though there was no wind, and a buildingfell down near the water.