Our deliberations were interrupted for the present by the cry of, "All hands take in sail," and Peters and Augustus ran up on deck.
As usual, the crew were nearly all drunk; and, before sail could be properly taken in, a violent squall laid the brig on her beam-ends.

By keeping her away, however, she righted, having shipped a good deal of water.

Scarcely was everything secure, when another squall took the vessel, and immediately afterward another--no damage being done.

There was every appearance of a gale of wind, which, indeed, shortly came on, with great fury, from the northward and westward.

All was made as snug as possible, and we laid-to, as usual, under a close-reefed foresail.