ny serious injury below, and
therefore the hatches still remained on, although a few hands were put
to the pumps to try if she made any water. It was not until the
_Aurora_ presented a more cheerful appearance that Captain Wilson went
over to the other ship, whose deck, now that the light of heaven enabled
them to witness all the horrors even to minuteness, presented a shocking
spectacle of blood and carnage. Body after body was thrown over; the
wounded were supplied with water and such assistance as could be
rendered until the surgeons could attend them; the hatches were then
taken off, and the remainder of her crew ordered on deck; about two
hundred obeyed the summons, but the lower deck was as crowded with
killed and wounded as was the upper. For the present the prisoners were
handed over down into the forehold of the _Aurora_, which had been
prepared for their reception, and the work of separation of the dead
from the living then underwent. After this such repairs as were
immediately necessary were made, and a portion of the _Aurora's_ crew,
under the orders of the second lieutenant, were sent on board to take
charge of her. It was not till the evening of the day after this
night-conflict that the _Aurora_ was in a situation to make sail. All
hands were then sent on board of the _Trident_, for such was the name of
the Russian frigate, to fit her out as soon as possible. Before
morning--for there was no relaxation from their fatigue, nor was there
any wish for it--all was completed, and the two frigates, although in a
shattered condition, were prepared to meet any common conflict with the
elements. The _Aurora_ made sail with the _Trident_ in tow; the
hammocks were allowed to be taken down, and the watch below permitted to
repose.

In this murderous conflict the _Trident_ had more than two hundred men
killed and wounded. The _Aurora's_ loss had not been so great, but
still it was severe, having lost sixty-five men and officers. Among the
fallen there were Mr Jones the master, the third lieutenant Mr
Awkwright, and two midshipmen killed. Mr Pottyfar, the first
lieutenant, severely wounded at the commencement of the action. Martin,
the master's mate, and Gascoigne, the first mortally, and the second
badly, wounded. Our hero had also received a slight cutlass wound,
which obliged him to wear his arm, for a short time, in a sling.

Among the ship's company who were wounded was Mesty: he had been hurt
with