Shipwrecks And Disasters At Sea, Or, Historical Narratives of the Most Noted ...
Shipwrecks And Disasters At Sea, Or, Historical Narratives of the Most Noted ...
Ellms Charles
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The danger became more imminent, and the crew were exhausted with labor, when advantage was taken of the wind to regain the American coast, which next day came in sight. . Meantime, the carpenter and some of the seamen having discovered the place of the leak, contrived to stop it by means of grease, lead, cloths, and other things, wherewith the passengers willingly supplied them, and thus obtained Digitized by CjOOQlC THREE PASSENGE&S STRANO|;.E]>. S13 a little respite from their fatigues. The ...carpenter, how- ever, declared the unfitness of the ship for the voyage, be- ing old and worm-eaten in the hull ; on which account, many who had embarked, rather than run the dangers of the sea, wished to return ashore, and there await some future opportunity. But the master, afraid that if he once made the land, he should be deserted by his crew, de- clared that he would expose himself to all hazards to avoid such consequences, which might eventually occasion the loss of both the ship and cargo.
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