laurence looked out in desperation : iskierka had seized on to the otter 's anchor and dragged it deliberately aground , into the shallow water on the shore , where the serpents might not follow : men were leaping from the sides to escape those which yet clung on , while caesar and kulingile worked to tear them away : even tharunka was now helping them , picking men out of the water to carry one after another to shore , and the larrakia had come down to help pull out the staggering survivors .