. The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine . rded, canbetter be conceived than described. More, perhaps, with the intent of cheering the men,than with any expectation of succeeding in the attempt, anorder was given from the quarter-deck, for some of the mento come up and make sail! It is doubtful if ever thesespirit-stirring words, ay, even to chase, were ever beforereceived with more joy and exultation by a crew; thecheers that followed would almost have put new life intoa dying seaman; they were delightful to hear, and electri
. The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine . rded, canbetter be conceived than described. More, perhaps, with the intent of cheering the men,than with any expectation of succeeding in the attempt, anorder was given from the quarter-deck, for some of the mento come up and make sail! It is doubtful if ever thesespirit-stirring words, ay, even to chase, were ever beforereceived with more joy and exultation by a crew; thecheers that followed would almost have put new life intoa dying seaman; they were delightful to hear, and electricin effect. The sheet of the fore-storm-staysail was hauled aft, andthe sail attempted to be hoisted from the main-bitts to thestump of the mizzenmast; it blew instantly into ribbons, asif to mock our joy ; nevertheless, the few hands who hadcome up were kept on deck, that our failure might not checkthe rising spirits of those at the pumps. At half past 6 in the evening, the scud began to drivefast, and the weather became clearer, when one of the look-out men announced, A large ship coming right down upon.
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