midday
There were forty of us all told . But by night several were either dead or beyond help . T ' ice had taken our boats , and now t ' seas took all that was left . T ' fire went out just before midday , and our bit o ' grub got wet and frozen . Next morning t ' sea was higher than ever , and t ' bodies of t ' men mostly washed away as they died . All that day t ' rest of us just held on , some twenty or so ; but it was a bare six of us that were living t ' second night . There was no sleep , and not even any lying down if you wanted to live .