No wind--sea blazing like a furnace." "You will have to turn over a new leaf in your log by-and-by," said Willis, "or I am very much mistaken." "Well, I hope you are not mistaken, Willis, for I am tired of this sort of thing." A red haze now began to shroud the sun, the heat of the air became almost stifling, but the muffled roar of distant thunder and bright flashes of light warned the voyagers to prepare for a change.

Willis reefed the canvas close to the mast, and suggested that everything likely to spoil should be put under hatches.

This was scarcely done before the storm had reached them, and they were soon in the midst of a tropical deluge.

At first, a light breeze sprung up, blowing towards the south-east, which continued till midnight, when it chopped round.
Towards morning, it blew a heavy gale from east to east-south-east, with a heavy sea running.

In the meantime, the pinnace labored heavily, and several seas broke over her.