38 THE VOYAGE OF THE JEAXNETTE. 



ing compass, which it probably would strike on its de- 

 scent, he sprang to catch it, and instead of alighting 

 on the deck as he expected, he came down on a coil 

 of rope, and turned his right ankle under him. The 

 pain was excruciating, and as he was on the point of 

 fainting, he went below, where the doctor revived him, 

 and he returned again to the deck. It was ten in the 

 morning wlien the accident occurred, and he stood and 

 worked the ship up the river to Lisbon until four in 

 the afternoon, when his agony became so intense that 

 he was obliged to go below. His duty was done, how- 

 ever. The doctor examined his foot and found it in 

 a dreadful condition. One of the bones of the ankle 

 was broken, and the edges had been grating and break- 

 ing: for the six hours he had been walkino; about on it. 

 The hot climate of Lisbon and of the return trip were 

 naturally unfavorable to a rapid recovery, but the per- 

 fect health and vigorous constitution, which he had 

 kept unimpaired, were his allies, and he was left with 

 no stiffness of the ankle and no ill effects. He attended 

 to his duty as usual after two weeks' rest, and the car- 

 penter, Nindemann, made for him a pair of crutches, 

 upon which he hobbled about and took his watcli as if 

 nothing had happened. 



The courage and endurance which he displayed under 

 difficulties and trials were qualities of a nature which 

 was superabundant in joyousness and activity. His ad- 

 ventures at sea and on land were full of incident, and 

 often offered the most amusing situations. While in 

 Lisbon, in 1867, a grand performance at the Opera was 

 to take place. The king and queen, the court, and all 

 the officers off duty of the various fleets lying in the 

 harbor, were in attendance. Between the acts, Mr. De 

 Long and several of his friends were introduced behind 



