*T sincerely hope so, and pray God he
may prove a true prophet; for I am sick of
the sea. and so soon as we get home I shall
resign my appointment, and seek a less ex
citing, if more monotonous, sphere of duty
ashore.
• ••*•
“A terrible discovery was made yester
day. We are short of water.
“According to the purser’s calculations,
made the day after the burning of the
‘Hecate,’the supply on board the ‘Santa
Anna’ was amply sufficient for the voyage
to England; but it now turns out that sev
eral of the casks which he thought were
full are quite empty, and we have not more
than enough tor ten days consumption.
NVe are already on short allowance, and
Captain Barnaby has decided to make for
the Bermudas.
"It is very unfortunate this discovery
was not made sooner, for at the best wo
cannot reach New Providence in less than
fifteen days, and if we had bad weather or
contrary winds —But I will not anticipate
evil. \Ve are in the hands of Him whom
the wluils and waves obev.
****•#
“For two days it has blown a hurricane,
and we have been driven hundreds of
miles out of onr course. The allowance of
water is reduced to a quart a day for each
man for all purposes, and as it is terribly
hot, and as our diet consists chiefly of salt
pork and hard biscuits, our sufferings are
almost past bearing.
• ••••
“Becalmed. Allowance reduced to a
pint.
