en_tn_condensed/act/27/37.md

We were 276 souls on the ship

"There were two hundred and seventy-six of us in the ship." This is background information. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers and rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background)

souls

This is a metonym for the people themselves. Alternate translation: "people" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)