By noon the sea went very high indeed, and our ship rode forecastle in, shipped several seas, and we thought once or twice our anchor had come home; upon which our master ordered out the sheet-anchor, so that we rode with two anchors ahead, and the cables veered out to the bitter end.
Weldra stak er een allervreesselijkste orkaan op, en thans zag ik op de gezigten der matrozen zelve schrik en neêrslagtigheid.