to have it ferved out, every perfon helped himfelf to what he
wanted, as ufual.
During the night the gale frill continued with unceafing violence.
At fix o’clock in the morning of the 17th, the main ftay-
fail fheet gave way, and the fail blew to pieces in a moment: at
feven oiclock the flar board pump again choaked, on which it was
got up, 'cleared «of the fand, and immediately put down again.
There being great reafon to foppofe that all the water which the
veflel made, did not find its way to the pumps, hut was flopped in
the fore part of the fhip by the fand, Captain Dixon came to a
determination (with the advice of-his Officers) to open the forehold,
in order to examine that part: at eight o’clock the fore-
hatch was broke open, and about forty chefts of tea taken out of
the hold: the tea was found dry, and in very good order, and i(-to
-our great fatisfadlion) there was not the leall appearance jpg any
water being lodged in this part of the veflel.
At eleven o’clock we hoifled up the larboard pump, and cleared
it of fand, but it it was not put down again, as we were obliged
to keep a perfon conflantly in the pump-well to dear it of fand,
which was handed up in buckets, and i f not conflantly attended,
prefendy choaked the pump.
The gale continued during the afternoon with unabating violence
; the veflel laboured very hard, and made a.great deal of
water, fo that it required every exertion to keep the pump-well
clear of land.
Hitherto
Hitherto our people had been in three watches; but the tempef-
tuous weather, together with the unlucky accident of our pumps
choaking up, requiring a conflant and unremitting attendance,
Captain Dixon judged proper to put the fhip’s company to watch ■
and watch.
In the night, the gale rather abated; and about feven o’clock in
the morning of the iSth, the weather grew moderate, with light
winds, and a very heavy fea from the Southward, on which we
let the topfails, clofe-reefed.
About 8 o’clock, found a leak under the counter, on which we
got up a number of articles that were flowed in the run, (being
in a manner ufelefs to us) and hove them overboard ; our obferva-
tion at noon gave 36 deg. 30 mm. South latitude. During the afternoon
we had light airs inclining to calm, a very heavy crofs fea
Hill running, which caufed the veflel to flrain and labour exceedingly
: at eight in the evening a frefh breeze lprung up from the
Northward, and in the night it increafed to a gale, a heavy fea
frill fetting from the Southward.
In the morning of the 19th, we had a frefh gale at North Weft,
with frequent fqualls; the pump-well ftill required conflant attendance,
for the labouring of the fhip caufed the fand continually to
work through the ceiling, and it was of the utmoft confequence
to keep the well clear, as by that means, the water was prevented
from lodging in any other part of the veflel. Our latitude at
noon was 37 deg. 36 min. South ; and the longitude 336 deg. 50
min. Weft, but the longitude could not by any means be depended
upon; it was evident by our latitude of to-day, that there was a
ftrong current fetting to the Southward, and it was very uncertain
2 ' whether