Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Vol. 48, [PART I] (1830-31), pp. 125-127 (3 pages) ...

The crew installed the first bung to try and stop the water flooding into the boat, which was hammered in to plug the hole left by the marlin’s spike – but then went straight out into the sea.