22 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 
some rocks, having three boats employed in tow- 
ing ; but the Wear was not visible, 
_ Our ship received water very fast; the pumps 
were instantly manned and kept in continual use, 
and signals of distress were made to the Eddy- 
Stone, whose commander promptly came on 
board, and then ordered to our assistance his 
carpenter and all the men he could spare, toge- 
ther with the carpenter and boat’s crew of the 
Wear, who had gone on board the Eddystone in 
the morning, and were prevented from returning 
to their own vessel by the fog. As the wind was 
increasing, and the sky appeared very unsettled, 
it was determined the Eddystone should take the 
ship in tow, that the undivided attention of the 
passengers and crew might be directed to pump- | 
ing, and clearing the holds to examine whether 
there was a possibility of Stopping the leak. 
We soon had reason to Suppose the principal 
injury had been received from a blow near the 
Stern-post, and, after cutting away part of the 
tween the timbers ; but this had not the desired 
effect, and the leak, in Spite of all our efforts at 
the pumps, increased so much, that parties of 
the officers and passengers were stationed to bail 
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