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might tear away more of the garhoai^d-straket and 

 occasion the immediate loss of the ship. 



II. To heav^ the ship down, — that is, to discharge 

 the whole of the cargo and stores upon the ice, turn 

 the ship on one side, until the wound should come 

 above water, and then repair it. Tliis plan was par- 

 ticularly recommended by all the masters who vi- 

 sited me, and by most of the carpenters. 



III. To caulP- the ceil'mg. — It appeared to me, 

 that, could the ceiling or inside-planking be made 

 water-tight, as it yet remained uninjured, it would 

 swim the ship, though the whole of the keel were 

 removed. But as the whole of the ceiling could 

 not be come at, on account of the water which lay 

 upon it, and as the caulking of the whole ceiling 

 would require more time and materials than we 

 could command, the same purpose, I conceived, 

 would be answered, by making a stop-water between 

 two of the frames of timber on the fore part of the 

 leak, and caulking the ceiling abaft it. This plan, 

 however, could not be adopted, unless the water were 

 withdrawn ; it was not, therefore, at this time practi- 

 cable. 



IV. To well the ship. — This operation, consisting 

 in the building of a bulk-head or partition on the 

 fore part of the leak, and caulking it, so as to con- 

 fine the water within it, would likewise require a 

 stop-water between t#o frames of timber, to prevent 

 the water making a passage between the timber and 



