I expect they haven't got more than one that can swim.
"I think she is settling down," the captain said, as he looked earnestly at the wreck astern.

"See how they are crowding into that boat, and how some of the others are cutting and slashing, to get the wreckage clear of her." "She is certainly a good bit lower in the water than she was," the first officer agreed.

"The schooner has come round, and won't be long before she is alongside of her." There was no doubt that the brig was settling down fast.

Men stood on the bulwarks, and waved their caps frantically to the schooner.

Others could be seen, by the aid of a glass, casting spars, hen coops, and other articles overboard, and jumping into the water after them; and soon the sea around the wreck was dotted with heads and floating fragments, while the wreckage of the mainmast was clustered with men.
When the Madras was a mile away, the schooner was lying, thrown up head to wind, fifty yards from the brig; and her boats were already engaged in picking up the swimmers.