24 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 
the pumps were only required to be used at in- 
tervals of ten minutes. A sail, covered with 
every substance that could be carried into the 
leaks by the pressure of the water, was drawn 
under the quarter of the ship, and secured by 
ropes on each side. 
As a matter of precaution in the event of hay- 
ing to abandon the ship, which was for some 
time doubtful, the elderly women and children 
were removed to the Eddystone when the wind 
was moderate this afternoon, but the young wo- 
men remained to assist at the pumps, and their 
services were highly valuable, both for their per- 
sonal labour, and for the encouragement their 
example and perseverance gaye to the men. 
At day-light, on the 9th, every eye was anxi- 
ously cast around the horizon in search of the 
Wear, but in vain; and the recollection of our 
Own recent peril caused us to entertain consider- 
able apprehensions for her safety. This anxiety 
quickened our efforts to exchange our shattered 
sails for new ones, that the ship might be got, as 
speedily as possible, near to the land, which 
was but just in sight, and a careful search be 
made for her along the coast. We were rejoiced 
to find that our leak did not increase by carrying 
sail, and We ventured in the evening to remove 
the sail which had been -placed under the part 
