The Pilgrims and their monument . showed unquestionably that the new sparswith which the vessel had been provided were muchtoo heavy for her, and to attempt the voyage in herwould be nothing short of suicide for all on board. In this dilemma a council was held, and some ofthe party who had grown faint-hearted decided toabandon the voyage. These were eighteen in number,including, of course, the crew of the Speedwell. Theremaining twelve were put on board the already over-crowded Mayflower, making a ships company of onehundred and two. With this party the final sailingwas made on the sixth day o
The Pilgrims and their monument . showed unquestionably that the new sparswith which the vessel had been provided were muchtoo heavy for her, and to attempt the voyage in herwould be nothing short of suicide for all on board. In this dilemma a council was held, and some ofthe party who had grown faint-hearted decided toabandon the voyage. These were eighteen in number,including, of course, the crew of the Speedwell. Theremaining twelve were put on board the already over-crowded Mayflower, making a ships company of onehundred and two. With this party the final sailingwas made on the sixth day of September, 1620, andthe prow of the Mayflower was once more turnedwestward. The troubles which beset the party at the beginningby no means disappeared as the voyage autumnal storms overtook the vessel and droveher up and down the ocean and far out of her of the great beams of the upperworks of thevessel became badly sprung, and for a time it wasfeared that the loss of this brace would prove to be 26. THE PILGRIMS SIGHTING THE HIGHLANDS OF CAPl. lOJ). PROM A MURAL PAINTING BY HENRY OLIVER WALKER IX THEMASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE, BOSTON. THE VOYAGE OF THE MAYFLOWER a fatal disaster; but, by means of a strong jack, whichone of the mechanics of the party had fortunatelybrought with him, the necessary repairs were madeand the vessel staggered on. ^lore than two monthswere passed in the voyage before land was sighted. At daybreak, on the ninth day of November, a head-land loomed up from the sea, which was after a timeidentified as the highlands of Cape Cod. So farnorth was this of their intended destination that theMayflovcer turned her prow southward. But a fewhours later they found themselves in shoal water andwith breakers upon the bow. The captain turnedeastward to escape wreck and, taking a yvide circuit,skirted the extremity of Cape Cod, entered the bay,and at length dropped anchor in the safe and quietharbor of Cape Cod, now known as the harbor of
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