. Thirty-six voyages to various parts of the world, made between the years 1799 and 1841. ater from passing overthe decks ; otherwise, so great a quantity would have lodged inthe lee waist, that our little schooner would have been water-logged and swamped with the weight of it. With crowbarsand axes the waist-boards were all demolished ; then the seabroke over the decks and passed off without injury to our littlebark, and she rose like a stormy petrel on the top of the sea,which threatened every moment to swallow us in its ocean was lashed into a white foam by the fury of the tem-pes
. Thirty-six voyages to various parts of the world, made between the years 1799 and 1841. ater from passing overthe decks ; otherwise, so great a quantity would have lodged inthe lee waist, that our little schooner would have been water-logged and swamped with the weight of it. With crowbarsand axes the waist-boards were all demolished ; then the seabroke over the decks and passed off without injury to our littlebark, and she rose like a stormy petrel on the top of the sea,which threatened every moment to swallow us in its ocean was lashed into a white foam by the fury of the tem-pest. The same weather continued with but little intermissionfor a space of five days. During a great part of this time itwas almost impossible to look to windward, so violent were thehail and snow squalls. In the midst of this tempest, my officersand men behaved nobly; the most perfect order prevailed ; nota whisper of fear or contention was heard during the whole ofour perilous situation. To render the men more comfortable, Iremoved them all from the forecastle to the cabin, where they. VOYAGE IN THE SCHOONER SEA-SERPENT. 323 continued to live until we had fairly doubled the Cape andfound better weather. My Italian passenger was terribly alarmed during the tern-pest, and entreated me, in piteous tones, to put away for RioJaneiro. He said if I would do so, he would instantly sign anagreement to give me all his interest in the vessel and cargo. Iresolutely declined his offer, telling him that while we had mastsand sails, and the vessel would float under us, I would neverput back. This Cape is rendered more dreadful from the fact of its in-hospitable position, and being so far removed from any civil-ized port. It is a cold, cheerless, barbarous coast, where no pro-vision, or supplies of any kind, can be had in case of shipwreck ordisaster, so that the greatest vigilance and perseverance are neces-sary to surmount the many obstacles that present themselves. Feb. 8th.—The gale abat
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