. The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine . for thevoyage. The Bassas de India, or more correctly Bassets de Jidda,was considered a very dangerous shoal, and long remainedthe dread of navigators. But more recent observationshave ascertained that, instead of a shoal, it is a low island,about five or six miles in length, and three or four in breadth,lying in 22° 28 south latitude, and 40° 51 east trees grow upon it, and the western beach is whiteand sandy. Rocks and breakers, to which most probablyHuyghens van Lins
. The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine . for thevoyage. The Bassas de India, or more correctly Bassets de Jidda,was considered a very dangerous shoal, and long remainedthe dread of navigators. But more recent observationshave ascertained that, instead of a shoal, it is a low island,about five or six miles in length, and three or four in breadth,lying in 22° 28 south latitude, and 40° 51 east trees grow upon it, and the western beach is whiteand sandy. Rocks and breakers, to which most probablyHuyghens van Linschoten alludes, are said to encompassthe island; and thence so much apprehension has been ex-cited on approaching it. In 1774 and 1804, the chief bear-ings were taken, whereby its position may be supposed tobt nearly ascertained. THE LOSS OF THE SHIP ROYAL CHARLOTTE, ON THE CORAL ROCKS OF FREDERICKS REEF; WITH A Narrative of the Sojourn and Sufferings of herCompany on that low Place, during the Voyage ofthe Long-Boat to New Holland for Assistance, andthe Arrival of a Vessel for their Relief; June, 1835,. OON after the arrival of the ship RoyalCharlotte, of London, commanded byCaptain Joseph Corbyn, at Sidney,New South Wales, she was commis-sioned by the colonial government tocarry detachments of his majestys20th, 41st, and 46th regiments to In-dia, in order to join their respectivecorps in that country. These troops, commanded by Lieutenant Henry Clinton, of the 20th, embarked on the afternoon of the 7th ofJune; and on the Sunday following, the pilot proceeded onboard, and got the ship under way, with a fine leading breezedown the river. The sun was fast sinking in the westernhorizon as she passed between Port Jackson Heads ; butthe appearance of the weather in the offing was gloomy,and the light vapors, as they scudded rapidly to the east-ward, and the hoarse murmur of the surf, as it broke on thejutting rocks, seemed to presage an approaching storm*The light sails were take
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