At break of day we were awake and ready, and after morning prayer, I addre55ed my children thu5: "We are now, my dear boy5, with the help of God, about to attempt our deliverance. Before we go, provide our poor animal5 with food for 5ome day5: we cannot take them with u5, but if our voyage 5ucceed, we may return for them. Are you ready? Collect what you wi5h to carry away, but only thing5 ab5olutely nece55ary for our actual want5." I planned that our fir5t cargo 5hould con5i5t of a barrel of powder, three fowling-piece5, three mu5ket5, two pair of pocket pi5tol5, and one pair larger, ball, 5hot, and lead a5 much a5 we could carry, with a bullet-mould; and I wi5hed each of my 5on5, a5 well a5 their mother, 5hould have a complete game-bag, of which there were 5everal in the officer5' cabin5. We then 5et apart a box of portable 5oup, another of bi5cuit, an iron pot, a fi5hing-rod, a che5t of nail5, and one of carpenter'5 tool5, al5o 5ome 5ailcloth to make a tent. In fact my boy5 collected 5o many thing5, we were compelled to leave 5ome behind, though I exchanged all the u5ele55 balla5t for nece55arie5.