Excerpt from The First Lieutenant's Story, Vol. 2 of 3 Hope now Sprung up in every breast; but soon the sun had sunk, and the evening shades had darkened into night. They had no means of raising a signal, or of striking a light; and at length, their despair rose again to frenzy. Some dashed themselves down again upon the deck in agony of spirit; while others, with yells Of execration, cursed God, and all around them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.