minister of the Parish of Alford, and described by him in the Transactions of the Royal Society.
March 13.At 8 a.m. we bore away before the gale, which was still blowing from the westward, under close reefed maintop-sail and foresail. If during the hour of extreme peril I had occasion to admire the cool bravery of our officers and crew, so had I now no less cause to appreciate and praise the diligence and alacrity with which they set to work to repair the damage we had sustained; and although again compelled by circumstances to continue our labour almost uninterruptedly throughout the Sabbath day, we did not fail assembling together in the forenoon to offer up our thanksgivings and praises to Almighty God, for the renewed instance of His guidance and protection which we had so recently experienced.
A portion of the crew were engaged fitting the rigging, whilst the carpenters were making a bowsprit out of the handmast, and a party was employed clearing the forehold to get at the leak, which we suspected to be in some part of the starboard bow, where we received the first shock, and where the whole of the upper works with the timbers and cathead were broken away level with the deck. The best bower anchor was found suspended about three feet below the water line, by its palms being driven between seven and eight inches into the solid wood, and remained fixed there without any other fastening to the ship, with the flukes uppermost, as may be seen in the annexed drawing by Mr. Davis,