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up, when everything which kept the spars and yards along- 
side was cut away, and then they were all sent adrift. This 
was about 11 Pp. mM. As soon as this weight was away, the 
ship righted a good deal, but so much of the carge and bal- 
last had shifted that she lay very much on her side. 
“Captain Mansell and I went ’tween decks, and I asked 
the teachers to go to work and throw the yams, ballast, etc., 
which were piled up right to the main deck beams on the 
lee side, over to windward. They were still very fright- 
ened, but several of them went to work. Williami, a Ton- 
gan teacher, was very useful indeed, and did good service 
both on deck when the masts were being cut away, and also 
in the tween decks when moving the ballast. The steward 
also was one of the hardest workers here, and by his cour- 
age and example encouraged the teachers and kept them at 
their work. 
“While the crew was still busy with the wreckage, the 
cook and I got one of the lower hold hatches off, and he 
went down with a light. Very gladly did I convey to Cap- 
tain Mansell the report that the vessel was not making any 
water. After the wreckage was sent adrift, and the ’tween- 
decks cargo was shifted to windward, there was nothing else 
to do but to wait for daylight, leaving the poor old storm- 
stricken brig to be buffeted about by wind and wave, as she 
was quite unmanageable. 
“Captain, officers, and crew had worked fearlessly and 
well, and deserve all praise. But for the promptness with 
which the masts were cut away and the wreckage sent adrift 
amid circumstances of no little danger, this would never 
have been written; and no one would ever have known the 
fate of our mission ship. 
“Mr. Lancaster, the chief officer, had a very narrow es- 
cape. When the vessel was thrown on her beam ends, he 
was thrown from the windward side by the lurch, and was 
carried right over the lee rail by the rush of the water. 
When he came to the surface he was some little distance 
