It was good to visit that spot this morning and to find that the water no longer swished from side to side.

In the forenoon fires were laid and lighted--the hand pump was got into complete order and sucked the bilges almost dry, so that great quantities of coal and ashes could be taken out.
Now all is well again, and we are steaming and sailing steadily south within two points of our course.

Campbell and Bowers have been busy relisting everything on the upper deck.

This afternoon we got out the two dead ponies through the forecastle skylight.

It was a curious proceeding, as the space looked quite inadequate for their passage.