Under penalty of death, Evans was forced to maneuver in order to round Cape Horn in order to reach the area to the west of Africa.
But a few days after - you never knew to what cause to attribute - a fire broke out on board. In a few moments, his violence was such that Walston and his companions tried in vain to save the Severn from complete destruction. One of them, Henley, perished even rushing to the sea to escape the fire. He had to abandon ship, scribbling in the boat some provisions, some ammunition, some weapons and get away when the Severn sank in flames.
The situation was extremely critical of the castaways, since two hundred miles separated them from the nearest land. It was justice that, in truth, that the boat had perished with the villains she wore, if Kate and Master Ev
