He felt anxious, and looked in vain for a vessel from which he could obtain a hint in regard to his true position.

Neither land nor vessel could he meet with.
At the close of the fifth day after he had commenced "running down," no land, at sunset, was in sight from the top-gallant yard; and at eight o'clock the brig was again hove to.

The captain declared with emphasis, that unless he should make the island of Martinico on the following day, he would adopt some different measures.

The nature of those measures, however, he never was called upon to explain.

In the morning, just as the gray light of dawn was visible in the east, while a dark cloud seemed to hang over the western horizon, all sail was again packed on the brig.