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226 and we found he was not equal to the emergency,/ or at least/ we thought so,/ all he appeared to think of, the whole passage- was to make a quick passage- Once more safe before the wind again, we were all ordered below, in the after cabin and were stowed in there, as thick as could stand, & this was done in order to get all the heft- as near her hold, & stern, as possible, in order to make her mind her helm unclear and of course we, were willing under these circumstances, to go below for our own safety- unclear- the ship so light now, she was tossed about, like and egg & hell on the water, but so long as they can keep her before the wind, and mind her helm, we hope, to go safe- as we lay here in the trough of the sea, rolling about everything in the storeroom, below broke loose,- and were pitching about at a great rate, our barrel of beef, the Capt, told about as well as the bears and hard bread, had all broken loose, and have full possession of this part, of the ship, Yes and more ever, as the bulkhead had been carried away, all was going from one side of the ship to the other, forward & back over & under, one complete mess, all mixed up together, as the last meal to be served up on board for the entire, Ships company,- this state of things was kept up till about 3 Pm, when we had crossed the Gulf stream, and past the Cape/ Hatteras/ when the wind did away, and we came into smoother water, and