The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . the brig alone on the western coast,I steered for Reikavik, where I remained till the 3d of 416 THE THIRD VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF THE LILLOISE. September. Detained by easterly winds at the entrance ofthe east channel, it was not till the 27th that I reachedCherburg. As all hopes of rescuing the Lilloise had now vanished,the name of that unfortunate vessel was formally erasedfrom the list of the French navy. It is probable that agreat degree of obscurity will ever envelop her fate; butthe
The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . the brig alone on the western coast,I steered for Reikavik, where I remained till the 3d of 416 THE THIRD VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF THE LILLOISE. September. Detained by easterly winds at the entrance ofthe east channel, it was not till the 27th that I reachedCherburg. As all hopes of rescuing the Lilloise had now vanished,the name of that unfortunate vessel was formally erasedfrom the list of the French navy. It is probable that agreat degree of obscurity will ever envelop her fate; butthe most probable conjecture is, that the vessel which wasseen to go down off Iceland was her. A report was sometime prevalent, that a stone had been found on the coast ofGreenland, on which was a rudely-carved inscription, pur-porting to have been done by some of her unfortunate com-pany ; but this, and many other rumors which reachedFrance, could never be authenticated. A VIVID DESCRIPTION OF THE BURNING OF THE STEAMBOAT LEXINGTON, DURING A WINTERS NIGHT, . ON THE WATERS OF LONG ISLAND SOUND;January, T 4 oclock in the afternoon ofMonday, the 13th of January,1840, the steamer Lexington leftthe pier in New York for Ston-ington, in Connecticut. Afterthreading the intricate channelsof the East River, and passingthe eddying dangers of HurlGate, under the guidance of thatskilful pilot, Captain Manchester,she reached the open sound before nightfall, and pursuedher solitary way towards her destined haven. The weatherwas mild for the season, but the few vessels which were insight betokened a wintry navigation; and the monotonyof the scene was only relieved by the flocks of sea fowl,affrighted from the bosom of the deep by the splashing ofthe paddles. The brant would take its lengthened flight; butthe black duck, on sudden wing, just skimmed the surfaceof the waves, for a short distance, as its funereal plumageglistened in the setting sun ; while, high in air, the ever-restless gul
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