THE DEATH SHIP THE DEATH SHIP A STRANGE STORY; AN ACCOUNT OF A CRUISE IN "THE FLYING DUTCHMAN," COLLECTED FROM THE PAPERS OF THE LATE MR. GEOFFREY FENTON, OF POPLAR, MASTER MARINER. BY W. CLARK RUSSELL, AUTHOR OF "THE WRECK OF THE GROSVENOR," "THE GOLDEN HOPE," "A SEA QUEEN," ETC., ETC. IN THREE VOLUMES VOL. II LONDON HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET 1888 _All Rights Reserved_ PRINTED BY TILLOTSON AND SON, MAWDSLEY STREET BOLTON CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. CHAPTER. PAGE. I.--IMOGENE SAYS SHE WILL TRUST ME 1 II.--VANDERDECKEN EXHIBITS SOME TREASURE 17 III.--IMOGENE AND I ARE MUCH TOGETHER 37 IV.--THE GALE BREAKS 55 V.--THE DEATH SHIP'S FORECASTLE 80 VI.--WE SIGHT A SHIP 99 VII.--WE WATCH THE SHIP APPROACH US 120 VIII.--THE CENTAUR FLIES FROM US 138 IX.--VANDERDECKEN WALKS IN HIS SLEEP 168 X.--WE SIGHT A DISMASTED WRECK 191 XI.--THE DEAD HELMSMAN 204 XII.--THE DUTCH SAILORS BOARD THE WRECK 213 XIII.--THE DUTCHMAN OBTAINS REFRESHMENTS 227 XIV.--MY LIFE IS ATTEMPTED 239 XV.--MY SWEETHEART'S JOY 257 THE DEATH SHIP. CHAPTER I. IMOGENE SAYS SHE WILL TRUST ME. A half-hour passed, and during that time I had sufficiently recovered from the distressful croak of the parrot to wonder, as any sailor would, how the ship was navigated; for I could not doubt that the clock kept pretty close to the true time, since the easting and westing made by the ship was small, never, perhaps, exceeding ten degrees; and the circumstance of noon having struck set me wondering in what fashion the captain and mates navigated the ship, whether they used the cross-staff or relied on dead reckoning, or were supernaturally conned.