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I was not seriously injured , and , so far from regretting that we had not been victorious in the encounter , we were pleased at being the means of restoring the captive bird to its noble mate . Chapter XXX . An Orcadian Voyage . Shortly after midnight , when I lay comfortably in my bunk , I was awakened by hearing the anchor scraping and thumping against the schooner 's bow ; then there was a hauling of ropes on deck and a creaking of timbers as the sails were run up , and I fell to sleep again before we had got out beyond the shelter of the coast . When I got up in the morning and went on deck , the island of Hoy lay far to windward like a bank of mist upon the sea . We were far out on the broad Pentland Firth , plunging about on the rough water , with our mainsail double-reefed , and the flying jib pulling away like to split itself in the wind . I enjoyed it all for a time ; but when I went below to help Jerry to get ready some breakfast for the skipper , the smell of the coffee and the frying bacon overcame me , and I was forced to go back to my bunk , where I remained for the rest of the day helplessly seasick .