Rounid about 930 am. a Court oficial came on board. to inquire, what was the matter. T fear Twas 1oF polite, for after all, the Captain ned them about the amount of Jose water in the ship and the desir ability of pumping it out, T told this "bird? to got pumps and get them quickly or the ship would 'With daylight, the going' down below is not so bad as one can sce what one is doing and the coolies are Woing excellent work, so by 5 p.m. the ship ought to be' fairly. alright again. "You see, when the ship had alist to. starboard, we had shifted all the stone ballast on the port side and, of the four fresh water tanks arranged athwariship, we used the starboard ones and. kept port ones full, 50 that this array ment balanced the loose water piled up in the starboard side of the ship; by some trick of the tide and. the help of wind—it usually blows here Ju the afternoons—she went over to port where all the weight was, s0 why she didn't turn turtle almost immediately will always remain a mystery to me.
"However, all's well, eh? Davy Jones damned near got her last hight, but T've done him in the eye: perhaps he'll get me some day, who knows? 1 eel somewhat shaky' after Test night and my. writing is not what it might be. so T hope you'll excuse the scrawl, "Tan Pit-song fold me that his Jawyer told him that the Court are arranging a date to auction the ship, so there appears to be some hope again. 1 wish the silly blighters would get the ship pumped out otherwise there may not be a ship to auction. T must dry up now and get ashore to see if T can't get pumps.'
And there, for the 1 Ing, thit remarkable afta rests,
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