On Monday, with little or no water left, there was a slight improvement in the weather, but they saw no ships, and Tuesday was another blank day. Even baling had now become an effort.
At 5 am. on Wednesday, they sighted a tanker, and succeeding finally in attracting her attention, they ran alongside, the boat's crew practically helpless. The tanker lowered the pilot ladder, and the men half scrambled and were half pulled on board, only to reel helplessly when they reached deck. Their feet, wet through during the whole of the seven days' voyage, had swollen to prodigious size and had no feeling in them—Reuter.
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