^{18 Ref} And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the `the freight' overboard;

^{19 Ref} and the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackling of the ship.

^{20 Ref} And when neither sun nor stars shone upon `us' for many days, and no small tempest lay on `us,' all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.