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surged; the stoppers were carried away; and the whole spar-deck 

 swept fore and aft; the boats and booms broke adrift, the former 

 were stove, and the latter thrown with violence to one side. 



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Unfortunately, Joseph Allshouse, a marine, who was in the act of 

 ascending the ladder at the time, was struck by one of the spars, and 

 so much injured that he died a few hours afterwards. 



It was not until between seven and eight o'clock that the ship 

 could be relieved from this situation : at that time a light air from 

 the land sprung up, of which advantage was at once taken to 

 weigh our anchor. The rollers, however, had by this time ceased to 

 break, the sea began to fall, and a few hours afterwards regained its 

 former placid and quiet state. The fog was still dense when we 

 reached deep water, where we again dropped anchor ; but shortly 

 after the weather cleared up, and we had communication with the 

 Porpoise and Oregon ; they having reached deeper water, had fortu- 

 nately not experienced any of the rollers. 



It now became our melancholy duty to bury poor Allshouse. He 

 had been one of those who had been long attached to the Expedition, 

 and always conducted himself with propriety. 



We afterwards got under way, and stood for the bay of Monterey, 



