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ing of the 10th the Trent sustained one which 

 made her rise four feet, and heel over five 

 streaks ; and on the 15th and 16th both vessels 

 suffered damage, especially the Dorothea, from 

 her being longer and more wall-sided than the 

 Trent. On that occasion we observed a field 

 fifteen feet in thickness break up, and the pieces 

 pile upon each other to a great height, until 

 they upset, when they rolled over with a tre- 

 mendous crash. The ice near the ships was piled 

 up above their bulwarks, to the great danger of 

 the bowsprit and upper works. Fortunately the 

 vessels rose to the pressure, or they must have 

 had their sides forced in ; the Trent received her 

 greatest damage upon the quarters, and was 

 so twisted that the doors of all the cabins flew 

 open, and the panels of some started in the 

 frames, while her false stern-post was moved 

 three inches, and her timbers cracked to a most 

 serious extent. The Dorothea suffered still 

 more : some of her beams were sprung, and two 

 planks on the lower deck were split fore and 

 aft, and doubled up, and she otherwise sustained 

 serious injury in her hull. It was in vain that 

 we attempted any relief, our puny efforts were 

 not even felt, though continued for eight hours 

 with unabated zeal; and it was not until the 

 tide changed that the smallest effect was pro- 



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