What I have been, or might have been, is nothing.

One thing I know--I _am_ a sinner; and this I also know--'Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners!'" These were the last words the dying man spoke.

Shortly after, he fell asleep.
Next day the body of Joseph West was put in a plain deal coffin, and conveyed to Store Island, where it was placed on the ground.

They had no instruments that could penetrate the hard rock, so were obliged to construct a tomb of stones, after the manner of the Esquimaux, under which the coffin was laid and left in solitude.
New-Year's day came, and preparations were made to celebrate the day with the usual festivities.

But the recent death had affected the crew too deeply to allow them to indulge in the unrestrained hilarity of that season.