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THE STRAND MAGAZINE. 
C. ARMITACE 
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during February 1411 
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MAP SHOWING THE MOVEMENTS OF THE EXPEDITION 
RELATED IN THE PRESENT ARTICLE. 
coal-bags, which were bodily lifted 
by the seas and swung against the 
lashed cases ; they acted like batter- 
ing-rams. It was hard work moving 
these bags to places of better security. 
“ The night wore on, the sea and 
wind ever rising and the ship ever 
plunging more distractedly. We 
shortened sail to maintopsail and 
staysail, stopped engines, and hove 
to, but to little purpose. Tales of 
ponies down came frequently from 
forward, where Oates and Atkinson 
laboured through the entire night. 
Worse was to follow — much worse: 
a report from the engine-room that 
the pumps had choked and the water 
risen over the gratings. From this 
moment, about 4 a.m., the engine- 
room became the centre of interest ; 
the water gained in spite of every 
effort. Lashley, to his neck in rush- 
ing water, stuck grimly to the work 
of clearing suctions. For a time, 
with donkey-engine and bilge-pump 
sucking, it looked as though the 
water would be got under, but the 
hope was short-lived ; five minutes 
of pumping invariably led to the 
same result — a general choking of 
the pumps. 
The Pumps Fail. 
“ The outlook appeared grim ; the 
hand-pump produced only a dribble, 
and its suction could not be got at ; 
as the water crept higher it got in 
contact with the boiler and grew 
warmer — so hot at last that no one 
could work at the suctions. Williams 
had to confess he was beaten and 
must draw fires. What was to be 
done ? The sea appeared higher than 
ever ; it came over the rail and poop, 
a rush of green water ; the ship wal- 
lowed in it. A great piece of the 
bulwarks carried clean away. 
“ The bilge-pump is dependent on 
the main- engine. To use this pump 
it was necessary to go ahead. It was 
at such times that the heaviest seas 
swept in over the lee rail ; over and 
over the rail from the fore rigging 
to the main was covered by a solid 
sheet of curling water, which swept aft 
and high on the poop. On one occa- 
sion I was waist deep when standing 
on the rail of the poop. 
