История о корабле призраке

           Thestormhadabated; ofourvesseltherewasnothinganymoretobeseen,butweplainlydescried,atnogreatdistancefromus,anothership,towardswhichthewavesweredrivingus. Asweapproached,Irecognisedthevesselasthesamewhichhadpassedbyusinthenight,andwhichhadthrowntheCaptainintosuchconsternation. Ifeltastrangehorrorofthisship;theintimationoftheCaptain,whichhadbeensofearfullycorroborated,thedesolateappearanceoftheship,onwhich,althoughaswedrewnearweutteredloudcries,noonewasvisible,alarmedme. Neverthelessthiswasouronlyexpedient;accordingly,wepraisedtheProphet,whohadsomiraculouslypreservedus. 

           Fromthefore-partoftheshiphungdownalongcable; forthepurposeoflayingholdofthis,wepaddledwithourhandsandfeet. Atlastweweresuccessful. LoudlyIraisedmyvoice,butallremainedquietasever,onboardthevessel. Thenweclimbedupbytherope,I,astheyoungest,takingthelead. Buthorror!whataspectaclewastherepresentedtomyeye,asIsteppeduponthedeck!Thefloorwasredwithblood;uponitlaytwentyorthirtycorpsesinTurkishcostume; bythemiddle-maststoodamanrichlyattired,withsabreinhand—buthisfacewaswananddistorted;throughhisforeheadpassedalargespikewhichfastenedhimtothemast—hewasdead! Terrorchainedmyfeet;Idaredhardlytobreathe. Atlastmycompanionstoodbymyside; he,too,wasoverpoweredatsightofthedeckwhichexhibitednolivingthing,butonlysomanyfrightfulcorpses.