As he struck the bottom a few feet from her, he found her heavily canted to star-board.

He walked around taking care that his hose pipe would not become entangled in the rigging and clambered over her side.

Two good sized sharks shot away from the deck when they heard the hissing of the air escaping from his helmet.

He could see very clearly all around, owing to the direct rays of the sun reflecting on the coral reef.

On gaining the deck which lay at an angle of about 35 degrees he discovered the iron pumps detached from their place and pinning to the bulwark the body of a dead sailor, or rather part of a body as his legs and stomach had been eaten away.