AMOUNT OF INJURY. 
35.3 
They anchored off the model farm, on the morn- 
ing of the 18th, and found the settlers had not been 
molested by any of the neighbouring tribes, but were 
in a state of disorganization among themselyes. 
Renewed attempts were made to keep under the leak, 
and the vesscrs bottom was swept with a topsail and 
rain awning; this, however, with constant baling and 
pumping, was inefficient ; the anchor was therefore 
again weighed, and the vessel was grounded with her 
bow on a grassy bank, about a cable’s length from the 
right shore. On a careful examination, the injury was 
ascertained to be five feet in length and two inches in 
breadth, under the boatswain’s store-room, which was 
only to be repaii-ed by fixing an iron plate from 
within. 
This case shews the immense importance of having 
vessels, especially steam-boats, built with water-tight 
compartments; had the ‘Wilberforce’ been otherwise 
constructed, she would certainly have been a total 
wreck ; the water would have passed rapidly into the 
engine-room, extinguishing the fires, and perhaps 
causing the boilers to collapse with all the attendant 
frightful consequences. 
On the 19th, they were again busily employed on 
the leak, and in restowing the provisions and stores 
from the schooner, as the river was rising and Lieute- 
nant Webb was anxious to reach the city of Rabbah 
with the least possible delay. Hitherto no sickness 
had appeared among the Europeans of the crew, and 
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