The sworn detailed account, as set forth in the ship's log, is substantially as follows: - On March 16, in lat.31.35 south, long. 34 west., the chief officer, Mr Morgan, had the middle watch, and about 4:30 am the steward brought him a cup of coffee, which he drank, and then walking aft to the compass was told by the helmsman that the crew thought something had been wrong with their grog, as all hands had been vomitting the day before.
Mr Morgan had been thinking over the matter, when the steward came on deck and said that Captain Longmuir wanted him. He, of course, went below, the steward following.