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Your skin is nice and soft , too . I shall never outlive this dreadful day . '' And now that the water was too low to wash them off the hawser , several of the ship 's company came back to the ship to help the women down . By noon the _ Agra 's _ deck was thirty feet from the sand . The rescued ones wanted to break their legs and necks , but Dodd would not permit even that . He superintended the whole manoeuvre , and lowered , first the dead , then the living , not omitting the poor goat , who was motionless and limp with fright . When they were all safe on the sand , Dodd stood alone upon the poop a minute , cheered by all the sailors , French and English , ashore , then slid down a rope and rejoined his companions .