We had sprung a leak, and the sea was pouring into the ship's hold like the race of a mill-stream.

The captain did not lose his presence of mind in this fresh emergency.

He called for his ax to cut away the foremast, and, ordering some of the crew to help him, directed the others to rig out the pumps.
The words had hardly passed his lips before the men broke into open mutiny.

With a savage look at me, their ringleader declared that the passengers might do as they pleased, but that he and his messmates were determined to take to the boat, and leave the accursed ship, and _the dead man in her,_ to go to the bottom together.

As he spoke there was a shout among the sailors, and I observed some of them pointing derisively behind me.