The same weather continued through the 19th and 20th; the rain constant--at times a deluge--the men always baling; the commander, too, found it necessary to issue for dinner only half an ounce of pork.
At dawn of day, Lieutenant Bligh states, that some of his people seemed half dead; that their appearances were horrible; 'and I could look,' says he, 'no way, but I caught the eye of some one in distress.

Extreme hunger was now too evident, but no one suffered from thirst, nor had we much inclination to drink, that desire perhaps being satisfied through the skin.

The little sleep we got was in the midst of water, and we constantly awoke with severe cramps and pains in our bones.

At noon the sun broke out and revived every one.
'During the whole of the afternoon of the 21st we were so covered with rain and salt water, that we could scarcely see.

We suffered extreme cold, and every one dreaded the approach of night.