southeast and soon a gale was surging against which we made but little progress. We five Americans were lying in the cabin, keeping dry from the dashing spray, when Peters called down the companion way in a terrified voice, "The boat is sinking". We did not know what boat he meant but we crowded up the little passage two at a time, getting sadly in one another's way. When we reached the deck, we found that the waves were swamping the tender which we were towing loaded with gaso- line. Under Greene's directions, the boat was with difficulty hauled up alongside and Allen jumped in with a line around his body. Six or seven cases of gaso- line were passed up safely on board