281 292 not at all tempestuous all hands were
called in the second dog-watch,
a summons ^ under such circumstances not un usual in those hours,
the men people" crew were not wholly unprepared
for some announcement extraordinary , one
having connection ^ too with the ^ continued absence of the
56 two men from their wonted haunts.
There was a moderate
sea at the time; and the moon, newly
risen and near to being a f at its full,
silvered the white spar-deck whereon
the clear-cut shadow of a any moving man
wherever not blotted by the clear-cut
shadows of horizontally thrown of
fixtures and moving men. On either
side the quarter-deck the marine
281 292 not at all tempestuous all hands were
called in the second dog-watch,
a summons ^ under such circumstances not un usual in those hours,
the men people" crew were not wholly unprepared
for some announcement extraordinary , one
having connection ^ too with the ^ continued absence of the
56 two men from their wonted haunts.
There was a moderate
sea at the time; and the moon, newly
risen and near to being a f at its full,
silvered the white spar-deck whereon
the clear-cut shadow of a any moving man
wherever not blotted by the clear-cut
shadows of horizontally thrown of
fixtures and moving men. On either
side the quarter-deck the marine

Transcribed by: Christopher Ohge