The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . lie Lilloise, during the Summer of 1836, asreported to Admiral de Rigny, by Captain Tre-houart. Admiral : — I have the honor of informing your excel-lency, that after leaving Cherbourg I proceeded north withall despatch, and reached the coast of Iceland, where Ianchored in the harbor of Reikavik; and soon after we com-menced scientific operations. THE REPORT OF PIERRE DE GOEDE. 411 On the 2d of June, M. Gaimard being provided withevery necessary which could insure the success of the
The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . lie Lilloise, during the Summer of 1836, asreported to Admiral de Rigny, by Captain Tre-houart. Admiral : — I have the honor of informing your excel-lency, that after leaving Cherbourg I proceeded north withall despatch, and reached the coast of Iceland, where Ianchored in the harbor of Reikavik; and soon after we com-menced scientific operations. THE REPORT OF PIERRE DE GOEDE. 411 On the 2d of June, M. Gaimard being provided withevery necessary which could insure the success of the ex-ploration with which he was charged, I left him, and steeredfor the N. W. coast of the island, where I hove to amongthe vessels of the fishery. After remaining some daysamong them, I proceeded to Dyre Fiord, for the purposeof completing water. I accidentally found in this bay theDutch galliot William the First, commanded by Jacob Van-keulen. This captain had with him last year, as his second,the same Pierre de Goede who gave the French captain,Frederick, the report which I had the honor to address you. The Brig-of-War which was seen lo capsize off Iceland. some time after my return, and in which he declared he hadseen a French brig-of-war capsized on the 28th of August,1833, some miles off Cape Staalbierg. Captain Vankeulenassured me that Goede had frequently spoken of this wreck,and informed me that the vessel in which this sailor wasembarked in 1833, was commanded by the same TunusVandeflet; and that his owner was M. Hoguedinck, ofWardergen, a little port on the Meuse ; that these two sea-men were not at Iceland this year, but in the fishery in thenorth; and it would be easy, on their return, in the monthof October, to obtain from them more particulars. w^^ 412 THE THIRD VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF THE LILLOISE. After having again visited the fishing vessels, and receivedthe assurance that the presence of the Recherche was notimmediately necessary among them, I availed myself, o
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