To make matters worse, leaks were causing anxiety.

Water was gushing in pretty freely near the water-line aft.

The crew had frequently remarked in the course of the morning of January 3rd how much looser the boat had become during the last few days.

Her planks had received no ordinary battering.

It had been Bass's intention to strike for the northern coast of Van Diemen's Land, which he supposed to be at no very great distance.