He told the men this, and tried to keep up their hearts by his words and his example.
He succeeded with some; but others shook their heads.

And by and by, even while he was working double tides for them as well as for himself, ominous murmurs met his ear.

"Parson aboard!" "Man aboard, with t'other world in his face!" And there were sinister glances to match.
He told this, with some alarm, to Welch and Cooper.

They promised to stand by him; and Welch told him it was all the mate's doings; he had gone among the men and poisoned them.
The wounded vessel, with her ever-beating heart, had run three hundred miles on the new tack.

She had almost ceased to bleed; but what was as bad, or worse, small fragments of her cargo and stores came up with the water, and their miscellaneous character showed how deeply the sea had now penetrated.
This, and their great fatigue, began to demoralize the sailors.