On the 17th they caught a light breeze from N.E., and on the 19th passed Cape Verde.
Soon after this the Journal becomes connected again, and so continues.] "Sept.

24th .-- Just after daybreak, went on deck, and found Captain Holding already there.

This man seems positively to require no sleep.

Since Wilkins' death he has managed the navigation almost entirely alone.

He seemed unusually grave this morning, and told me that four of the hands had been taken ill during the night with violent attacks of vomiting, and were lying below in great danger.
He had not seen the doctor yet, but suspected that something was wrong with the food.