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gain in fury, and the sea rose with it, black walls of water
plunging down upon us as if the very cliffs of the shore had
broken $00 se
About three in the morning a fiercer gust beat the Hope
over till one of the whale boate on the port davits filled, and
as the Hope staggered up again the davits tore loose and boat
and all went overboard. Scarcely had this taken place when a
sea broke out of the darkness upon the weather quarter where
the Captain and myself were clinging to the mizzen rigging.
In an instant we were drenched, beaten down, half suffocated
and stunned, by the resistless weight of water which burst
over the rail, yet clung to the shrouds with all our strength,
As I cleared my eyes and shook myself free from the crashing
cataract of water I heard an inarticulate cry from the man at
the wheel and turning in that direction could just make out
that the bear cage, a heavy box of open plank in which the two
bears were confined, had filled with water, carried away its
lashings, and jammed against the wheel rendering it immovable.
The Hope was falling off broadside to the furious seas. The in-
stant instinct of both the Captain and myself was the same, but
the angle of the cabin's skylight was in his way, while I had
a
clear road, and throwing myself headlong across the slant deck
hands and shoulder reached the corner of house together. I felt
it quiver undey my impact, another surge with all my strength;
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