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all ready for cutting away in case of striking a Hurricane
which used to occur in the Bay of Bengal Anyhow our lee
rigging was cut away first, then the men came up to Windward and cut away the Weather rigging then over the side the mast went and took everything with it, then the ship straitened herself up a bit. And the Gale was Blown out next day at 12 noon and there was not a stitch of canvas left. And we was only left the moorings at Madras about thirty hours. So the first job was
for all hands to get below in the hold and shift the Stone Ball-
ast over to the Weather side and Straighten her upon even
keel then to get some spare spars we had in the between decks,
and get them rigged. And another suit of sails bent, As a ship
always carries three suits of sails. So we just Bent Sails where-
ever we could, and got back to Madras in fourteen days.
And picked up our chains again that we slipped, as they were
Bouyed where we first Arrived. But there was five of them
ships lost in that Hurricane. and all the rest came back
cripples. then the Job was to find masts and rigging for all
those cripple ships, as Calcutta was full of them. And there
was not so many Steamers about in those days. Anyhow
we Just had to send to England for spurs and rigging. As
there were so many ships dismasted and crippled in all the
Big Seaports of India in that Hurricane that there was nothing
left in the shape of spars and rigging. Anyhow, while we was lay-
ing at the Mooring Bouys, we got a mob of coolie carpenters on
Board and commenced getting new Bulwarks and deck fittings
and got all ready for taking in our Formast when it arrived
and also the Fore Topmast. And yards also rigging and running
Gear, anyhow when everything arrived by Steamer, All our carpenters,
had finished and our ship half loaded. Just left room to take in the new Foremast, as it was a long Job loading a ship in Madras in those days, as all cargo had to come off in Boats, from a
long iron Jetty run out from the shore. Anyhow it did not
take us long to get the spars all aboard, and the Ship rigged
while the coolies was loading her with cotton, coffee, Spices
and after getting her ready for sea we sailed from Madras