The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . nce to the drowning wretches; nay, it was posi-tively related to me by one who was in the water, that theblows of the paddles of this steamboat sent down many whootherwise might have been saved. When I was on the lakes, the wood which was piledclose to the fireplace caught fire. It was of no conse-quence, as it happened, for it being a well-regulated boat,the fire was soon extinguished ; but I mention it to show theindifference of one of the men on board. About half anhour afterwards
The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . nce to the drowning wretches; nay, it was posi-tively related to me by one who was in the water, that theblows of the paddles of this steamboat sent down many whootherwise might have been saved. When I was on the lakes, the wood which was piledclose to the fireplace caught fire. It was of no conse-quence, as it happened, for it being a well-regulated boat,the fire was soon extinguished ; but I mention it to show theindifference of one of the men on board. About half anhour afterwards, one of his companions roused him from hisberth, shaking him by the shoulder to wake him, saying,* Get up; the woods afire—quick. Well, I knew thatfore I turned in, replied the man, yawning. A steamboat once caught fire on the Mississippi, and thepassengers had to jump overboard and save themselves byswimming. One of those reckless characters, a gambler,who was on board, having apparently a very good idea ofhis own merits, went aft, and before he leapt overboard,cried out, Now, gallows, claim your own !. AN INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF A BOAT CONTAINING NINE NATIVES, WHICH WAS BLOWN OFF THE MALDIVE ISLANDS, IN THE INDIAN OCEAN, Was swept by a south-west Monsoon across the greatBay of Bengal, to the Coast of Siain, a Distanceof more than Two Thousand Miles; July, 1836. UST as the sun was setting, in the luridhaze of a south-west monsoon, on the20th of July, 1836, the inhabitants ofTavoy, on the western coast of Siam,were astonished by the aspect of a sin-gular-looking craft, which made its ap-pearance off that place. And thoughapparently not a decked vessel, yet sheloomed large in the hazy horizon. As she came boundingbefore the gale, her singular build and rig, and the fragmentof sail which she carried, being composed of alternate stripsof purple and white matting, all conspired to excite in thebreasts of the spectators the strongest curiosity, not unmixedwith those superstitious
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