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boat then got upon the whale alongside, and tried to bail the 

 boat, but could not succeed. They then cut the line attached 

 to the whale, and succeeded in setting some pieces of the 

 boat-sail, and steered toward the bark, then about three 

 miles distant. 



During the night they saw a light at intervals, but in the 

 morning the bark was at about the same distance off. Every 

 expedient was resorted to, by making signals, to attract the 

 attention of those on board the bark, but in vain. They saw 

 them cutting in the whales, and apparently indifferent to the 

 fate of their comrades. In this perilous condition, the unfor- 

 tunate boat's crew made another attempt to bail the water 

 from the boat, but, owing to their consternation, they did not 

 succeed. They then continued on their course as above, 

 hoping to regain the bark, but soon found that she receded 

 from them, and it was then determined to put about to the 

 wind and remain, whatever the consequence might be. 



On the second morning, the weather being more favora- 

 ble, all the whale craft was thrown overboard, and another 

 attempt was made to bail the boat, which resulted in the loss 

 of one man, without accomplishing the purpose. The effort 

 was again renewed in the afternoon, the weather being yet 

 more favorable, and they finally succeeded in freeing the boat 

 from water, but with the loss of another of her crew, all on 

 board having been up to their arms in the water during the 

 last forty-eight hours. Two of the survivors were seized with 

 delirium, all of them having been without a morsel of food or 

 drink, and suffering painfully from thirst. 



Thus disabled, no one on board being able to ply at the 

 oars, and with only a small fragment of the boat's sail remain- 

 ing, it was determined to make for Cocus Island, on the Pe- 

 ruvian coast, a distance of about one thousand miles, as the 

 nearest land. Accordingly, the piece of the sail was used to 

 the best advantage, and the ceiling of the boat was torn up, 

 aud also employed as a wind-propeller, and steering in a 

 northeasterly direction. 



