1 A great storm described; the long boat sent to fetch water; the author goes with it to discover the country.
2 When I advanced to the middle of the channel, they were yet more in pain, because I was under water to my neck.
3 They saw the ships move forward in a large half-moon, but could not discern me, who was up to my breast in water.
4 This, the student was to swallow upon a fasting stomach, and for three days following, eat nothing but bread and water.
5 From these basins the water is continually exhaled by the sun in the daytime, which effectually prevents their overflowing.
6 Our provisions held out well, our ship was staunch, and our crew all in good health; but we lay in the utmost distress for water.
7 He then desired me to draw my scimitar, which, although it had got some rust by the sea water, was, in most parts, exceeding bright.
8 It had a cock near the bottom to let out the water, when it began to grow stale; and two servants could easily fill it in half an hour.
9 I saw the water ooze in at several crannies, although the leaks were not considerable, and I endeavoured to stop them as well as I could.
10 I found they had already applied ladders to the walls of the apartment, and were well provided with buckets, but the water was at some distance.
11 We cast anchor within a league of this creek, and our captain sent a dozen of his men well armed in the long-boat, with vessels for water, if any could be found.
12 Every joint of it was well grooved; and the door did not move on hinges, but up and down like a sash, which kept my closet so tight that very little water came in.
13 Our men therefore wandered on the shore to find out some fresh water near the sea, and I walked alone about a mile on the other side, where I observed the country all barren and rocky.
14 My box, by the weight of my body, the goods that were in, and the broad plates of iron fixed for strength at the four corners of the top and bottom, floated about five feet deep in water.
15 Having thus fixed fifty hooks to as many cables, I went back to the north-east coast, and putting off my coat, shoes, and stockings, walked into the sea, in my leathern jerkin, about half an hour before high water.
16 When it was finished, the queen was so delighted, that she ran with it in her lap to the king, who ordered it to be put into a cistern full of water, with me in it, by way of trial, where I could not manage my two sculls, or little oars, for want of room.
17 We had a very prosperous gale, till we arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, where we landed for fresh water; but discovering a leak, we unshipped our goods and wintered there; for the captain falling sick of an ague, we could not leave the Cape till the end of March.
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