July  7th. — There  was  a  heavy  swell  running  all  this  day,
during  which  the  brig,  being  light,  rolled  excessively,  and
many  articles  broke  loose  in  the  hold,  as  I  could  hear  dis-
tinctly from  my  hiding-place.  I  suffered  a  great  deal
from  sea-sickness.  Peters  had  a  long  conversation  this
day  with  Augustus,  and  told  him  that  two  of  his  gang,
Greely  and  Allen,  had  gone  over  to  the  mate,  and  were
resolved  to  turn  pirates.  He  put  several  questions  to
Augustus  which  he  did  not  then  exactly  understand.
During  a  part  of  this  evening  the  leak  gained  upon  the
vessel ;  and  little  could  be  done  to  remedy  it,  as  it  was
occasioned  by  the  brig's  straining,  and  taking  in  the  water
through  her  seams.  A  sail  was  thrummed,  and  got  under
the  bows,  which  aided  us  in  some  measure,  so  that  we
began  to  gain  upon  the  leak.
July  Zth. — A  light  breeze  sprang  up  at  sunrise  from  the
eastward*  when  the  mate  headed  the  brig  to  the  south-
west, with  the  intention  of  making  some  of  the  West
India  islands,  in  pursuance  of  his  piratical  designs.  No
opposition  was  made  by  Peters  or  the  cook — at  least  none
in  the  hearing  of  Augustus.  All  idea  of  taking  the  vessel
from  the  Cape  Verds  was  abandoned.     The  leak  was  now


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easily  kept  under  by  one  pump  going  every  three  quarters
of  an  hour.  The  sail  was  drawn  from  beneath  the  bows.
Spoke  two  small  schooners  during  the  day.
