CHAPTER XI

IN ALLIANCE The Swallows and the Amazons went together to the harbour at the southern end of the island. The path was now well trodden, though they had to stoop under boughs and step over brambles and push branches out of the way. In the little basin the two ships lay together with their noses drawn up on the beach. The _Amazon_ was a fine little ship, with varnished pine planking. She was a much newer boat than the _Swallow_, of the same length, but not quite so roomy. Close by the foot of the mast, between the ma…