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settled to the rocks and was not beaten against 

 them with so much violence. We had indeed 

 some hope from next tide, but it was doubtful 

 whether she would hold together so long, espe- 

 cially as the rock kept grating her bottom under 

 the starboard bow with such force as to be heard 

 in the fore store-room." 



There was not a moment to be lost. The most 

 pressing need was to pump out the water, which 

 was pouring into the hold through the hole made 

 by the rock, and to lighten the ship as much as 

 possible. The pumps were set to work at once, 

 and the six carronades on deck, the iron and 

 stone ballast, casks, staves, hoops, oil-jars, old 

 provisions, were all flung into the sea. Every 

 man of the complement helped in the salvage 

 work with a good will, without grumbling and 

 "without giving expression to a single oath," as 

 Cook noted in his Journal, surprised at this 

 unusual silence in his men. The dawn rose on 

 June nth, and land became visible eight leagues 

 away. But at high water that morning, which 

 occurred at eleven o'clock, the vessel had only 

 reduced her draught by a foot and a half. It 

 was necessary to lighten her still further, and 

 everything not absolutely necessary was jetti- 

 soned. The ship was got ofif. 



At the next tide the influx of water increased, 

 in spite of the employment of extra pumps. The 



