I had also a Pico white cheese that General Manning, the American consul-general, had given me, which I supposed was to be eaten, and of this I partook with the plums.

Alas! by night-time I was doubled up with cramps.

The wind, which was already a smart breeze, was increasing somewhat, with a heavy sky to the sou'west.

Reefs had been turned out, and I must turn them in again somehow.

Between cramps I got the mainsail down, hauled out the earings as best I could, and tied away point by point, in the double reef.