As we approached she developed into a barque, and gave us comfort, till her flag completed our delight.

We threw the lead and began looking for anchorage.
Nine, eight, seven fathoms were successively reported, and for some minutes the depth remained at six and a half.

A mile from the Clara Bell we dropped anchor, the ship trembling from, stem to stern as the huge chain ran through the hawse-hole.

We were at the end of a nine days voyage..