The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . raft, or catamaran,for the purpose of conveying to the bank a few of those arti-cles of provisions, &-c., which would be most wanted, in theevent of .our being obliged to abandon the ship ; but thispiece of mechanism proved unserviceable, as it was instantlyoverturned on being lowered into the surf, and every thingon board lost. The boatswain of the ship, who had goneoverboard to superintend the management of the catamaran,was knocked away from alongside by the surf, and anxiousto as
The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . raft, or catamaran,for the purpose of conveying to the bank a few of those arti-cles of provisions, &-c., which would be most wanted, in theevent of .our being obliged to abandon the ship ; but thispiece of mechanism proved unserviceable, as it was instantlyoverturned on being lowered into the surf, and every thingon board lost. The boatswain of the ship, who had goneoverboard to superintend the management of the catamaran,was knocked away from alongside by the surf, and anxiousto ascertain whetlier the bank would afford us a temporaryshelter, made the best of his way ashore, and showed us theextent of the bank, by walking from end to end and acrossit, with a handkerchief tied to a stick, which he picked up;he then returned on board with the two soldiers, and re-ported that the tide did not overflow the bank, as he hadobserved a large junk of timber, the remains of a shipsmast, on the top of the bank, which appeared, from its dryand decayed state, to have lain a considerable ^In consequence of the favorable report made by theboatswain, it was thought expedient to allow as many ofthe troops to leave the ship that afternoon as could bespared from assisting the seamen in getting provisions, &c.,out of the hold. About twenty men, and a few womenand children, accordingly took possession of the bank,where they busied themselves in making preparations forpassing the night. They succeeded in lighting a fire tocook the small quantity of provisions which the women had MRS. mdONNEls infant PERISHES. 5J81 b^n provident enough to carry with them; and while thisoperation was going forward, the men drew round the fireand canvassed the events of the preceding night, or calcu-lated the probable chances of escape from their miserablesituation. As this is the season of winter in these latitudes, thenights are consequently long; and though the heat in theday is much th
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