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beneath its weight, ſhivered, and remained motiveleſs--it was a moment of critical suſpenſe: ſa(illegible text) made me think I felt her gradually deſcending--I gave myſelf up as gone, and ſummoned ⟨all⟩ my fortitude to bear approaching death with ⟨my⟩ coming manhood.
"Juſt at this criſis, the water, which ⟨ruſhed⟩ with incredible force though all parts of the veſſel brought it out floating, and nearly ſuffocated, and ⟨other⟩ Engliſh paſſenger, who was endeavouring ⟨to⟩ take a little repoſe in a ſmall cabin boarded off from the deck: he was a very ſtout young man, and ⟨ſo⟩ of true ſpirit. Finding that the veſſel was not, ⟨as he⟩ had thought, going immediately down, he ⟨joined⟩ me in exhorting the captain to his duty: we perſuaded him to throw the guns overboard, as well ⟨as⟩ a number of trunks and packages with which ⟨the⟩ veſſel was much encumbered; and with ſome ⟨little⟩ exertion, we got the pumps ſet a going."
The name of the Engliſh paſſenger juſt mentioned was Hall. He was a young man of a moſt amiable diſpoſition, and with it poſſeſſed all that ⟨manly⟩ ſpirit that gives preſence of mind in exigences ⟨of⟩ danger. He and Capt. Campbell having, ⟨with⟩ great difficulty, got ſome hands to ſtick to ⟨the⟩ pumps, ſtood at the wheel, at once to aſſiſt ⟨the⟩ men, and prevent them from quitting it and ⟨although⟩ hopeleſs, determined that no effort practicable on their parts ſhould be wanting to the preſervation of the veſſel. The water, however, gained upon the pumps, notwithſtanding every ⟨effort⟩ and it evidently appeared that they could not ⟨keep⟩ her long above water.
At ten o'clock the wind ſeemed to increaſe, ⟨and⟩ amounted to a downright hurricane: the ſky ⟨was⟩ ſo entirely obſcured with black clouds, and the ⟨rain⟩ fell ſo thick, that objects were not diſcernable
