. The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine . n a state of insanity. At 6, P. M.,Captain Hallett left the ship in the last boat; the fire thenblazing up ten or twelve feet above the decks. At half past6, P. M., all hands safe on board the good ship St. James,where we were received and treated with the greatest kind-ness and humanity by Captain Sebor and his officers. Someof us have lost all, and some of us have saved part of ourclothes. At 8, P. M., the ship was completely in could see with the night-glass, that the mai
. The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine . n a state of insanity. At 6, P. M.,Captain Hallett left the ship in the last boat; the fire thenblazing up ten or twelve feet above the decks. At half past6, P. M., all hands safe on board the good ship St. James,where we were received and treated with the greatest kind-ness and humanity by Captain Sebor and his officers. Someof us have lost all, and some of us have saved part of ourclothes. At 8, P. M., the ship was completely in could see with the night-glass, that the mainmast hadfallen over the starboard side, and the mizzenmast was overthe stern; the foremast and bowsprit still standing, but allon fire, we being about six miles aff. At 10, P. M., the firesuddenly disappeared, and the unfortunate Burlington, atthat time, probably sank. The officers and crew were all subsequently landed in thecity of New York in safety. 23* SHIPWRECK \ OF THE PORTUGUESE ADMIRAL, FERNANDO DE MENDOZA ON THE BASSAS DE JUIDA,IN THE INDIAN OCEAN; With the affecting Proceedings of Two Brothers,. T a very early period, the Portugueseacquired rich and extensive posses-sions in the East Indies. Fleets,laden with the most valuable com-modities, periodically sailed to themother country; and the advantagesarising from a lucrative traffic ledto the foundation of new and im-portant colonies, equally productive as those originallyestablished. But this perpetual intercourse was not ex-empt from the calamities resulting from the uncertaintiesof the sea, of which the following narrative may serve asan example. Letters to the viceroy and archbishop of Goa arrived inMay, 1586, communicating the loss qf the admirals ship,St. Jago, on the Bassas de India, an extensive shoal in theIndian Ocean. _, The ship sailed from Portugal in 1585, and made a pros-perous voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, and thence tothe vicinity of Mosambique; when the crew, thinking theyhad nothing to dread, gre
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