The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . g Ship; June, 1823. lERHAPS the hand of Heaven was nevermore conspicuous than in the followingnarration. In 1823, the ship Valletta,Captain Eraser, on her passage fromCalcutta to Penang, where she arrivedin distress, on the morning of the 4thof June, picked up a man at sea, whohad been struggling with the waves for upwards of thirteenhours, without any support. About 6, A. M., it then being Mr. Dickenss watch, thesecond officer of the ship — at that time a very heavy searunning, the
The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . g Ship; June, 1823. lERHAPS the hand of Heaven was nevermore conspicuous than in the followingnarration. In 1823, the ship Valletta,Captain Eraser, on her passage fromCalcutta to Penang, where she arrivedin distress, on the morning of the 4thof June, picked up a man at sea, whohad been struggling with the waves for upwards of thirteenhours, without any support. About 6, A. M., it then being Mr. Dickenss watch, thesecond officer of the ship — at that time a very heavy searunning, the ship under double-reefed topsails and foresail,mizzen-topsail handed, the topgallant-yards upon deck, andthe vessel laboring heavily — thought he heard the cries of aman at some short distance from the ship; on looking tothe spot, plainly perceived something floating in the water,which, by the assistance of a good glass, he found was a manswimming towards the ship, who occasionally held up hishand as a signal of distress; gave the alarm instantly, onwhich we wore ship and stood towards him, lowered the. A LASCAR SAILOR RESCUED. 323 gig down, and sent her, in charge of Mr. Dickens and fourother volunteers, to the assistance of the drowning favored this little band of volunteers, who,although in a leaky, crazy boat, succeeded in saving half past T oclock, A. M., to the satisfaction of all onboard, the gig came alongside with the man, who proved tobe a Lascar, belonging to the ship Arram, Captain Daniels,from Rangoon, bound to Madras. From the heavy rollingof the ship, the gig was nearly stove to pieces in hoisting herup; she, however, had done her duty, for she had saved afellow-creature. The poor fellow was so completely exhausted, that themoment he came on board he fell fast asleep. On his re-covery, we were of course anxious to hear his account. Heinformed us that the evening previous, about 6, he wasforward in the head of the vessel: a heavy sea, whi
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