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order, if poGlble, to get at the leak. After 
three or four hundred bags were thrown 
into the fefj we got at the principal leak, 
and found the water pouring into her with 
aftoniftiing rapidity. In order therefore to 
decreafe as much as polTible the influx of 
water, we thruft into the aperture, ftieets, 
fliirts, jackets, bales of muiiin, and every 
thing of the like defcription wc could find. 
Had not thefe exertions been attended with 
fome fuccefs, the flilp mull certainly have 
gone down, althougli our pumps delivered 
iifty tons of water in an hour. 
Thefe pumps, to the excellent conftruc- 
tion of which I owe my life, were made by 
Mr. Mann, of London, and I mention his 
name on this occailon, not only as a tefti- 
mony of my fmcere efteem, but for the pur- 
pofe of recommending fuch ufeful talents 
to the general attention and encouragement 
of the community. 
As the next day advanced, the weather 
appeared to moderate. The men w^orked 
inceffantly at the pumps, and every exertion 
was made to keep the fhip afloat. V/ e were 
at this time about two hundred miles from 
the eaftern coafl: of Africa. 
On the ninth, although the violence of 
the tempeft had in a great meafure fubfided, 
yet the fweli of the fea was tremendous. I 
ordered, however, the long-boat to be got 
out : but having^ reafon to lufneftthat fome 
of the crev/ v/ould endeavour to make of; 
with her, I direded mv fecond mate and 
