It rallied round it a certain number of partisans!!
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The blow produced a metallic sound; and, incredible though it may be, it seemed, I might say, as if it was made of riveted plates!! But Ned Land was not mistaken, and we all perceived the object he pointed to. This time there was no mistake! A human voice responded to ours! Was it the voice of another unfortunate creature, abandoned in the middle of the ocean, some other victim of the shock sustained by the vessel? Or rather was it a boat from the frigate, that was hailing us in the darkness? :