Accidents > Dangers of the deep, or, Narratives of shipwreck and adventure at sea

EAST INDIAMAN. 79
fouud on sounding the well, and the ship im¬
mediately pumped dry.
The Frenchman and Portuguese, already
mentioned, having been taken on board, the
latter, previous to the Sussex sailing, was
turned ashore, because he had often quarrelled
with the Frenchman.
The sky overcast in the evening, and about
ten at night, the ship unfortunately struck,
and lost her rudder the second shock, when
she stuck fast. The crew finding she was
aground, and that there was no possibility of
saving her, cleared the long-boat in order to
hoist it out. But the boat being stove before,
wanted repair; and as they had so few hands,
and the sea breaking in much, they could not
venture to do so. Therefore they hoisted the
pinnace off the booms, and let her hang in
the tackle all night alongside. Next they
got the waggoner,* and found they were on
the Basses de India; although, by an obser¬
vation made at noon, they were to the north¬
ward of where it is laid down in the chart,
which error deceived them ; for considering
themselves to the northward, they judged
that they were out of danger. The crew next
• Said to be an Atlas, and probably so called from Wagcnaar