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orders to^hoot the first man who attempted 
to board her without my permission. I 
also instructed them to keep astern, but 
to stick by the ship until we came to an 
anchor. 
The men having taken their stations in 
the boat, I ordered a raft to be made of all 
the large spars, which was accordingly 
done. The whole, when lashed together, 
measured about 35 feet in length, and 13 
in breadth. As I apprehended the ship 
could not make the land, and was con- 
vinced, in case of her going down, that all 
the people could not be received into the 
long boat, I determined not to neglect any 
measure that presented even a chance of 
saving the whole. 
When my second mate was preparing to 
obey my orders, and take command of the 
long boat, the carpenter requested me 
earnestly to leave the ship. — On my repri- 
manding him for not attending to the 
pumps, the man burst into tears, and de- 
clared that the whole of the stern frame 
was shook and loosened in such a manner, 
that he expected every hour she would go 
