The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . n quarantine;but quarantine, the acme of a travellers dread and misery,to us was an earthly paradise. We had bedding, a roof tocover us, and a fire. From the time we were wrecked untilwe arrived at Rhodes, (seven days,) I neither ate nor (be-yond the brief slumber I have noticed) slept. I had noother clothes than those in which I had quitted the I should have escaped the awful visitation, would, initself, be a subject of wonder; but that I should have doneso under the com
The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . n quarantine;but quarantine, the acme of a travellers dread and misery,to us was an earthly paradise. We had bedding, a roof tocover us, and a fire. From the time we were wrecked untilwe arrived at Rhodes, (seven days,) I neither ate nor (be-yond the brief slumber I have noticed) slept. I had noother clothes than those in which I had quitted the I should have escaped the awful visitation, would, initself, be a subject of wonder; but that I should have doneso under the complicated miseries and privations described,is next to miraculous. It only remains for me to add, that the two patients whoarrived with me at Rhodes died two days after landing ; andI am, therefore, the sole survivor of those who were remaining twenty-nine days in quarantine, graduallyrecovering my strength and health, I sailed for England;and here you see me now, v6ry grateful to Providence forconducting me to my native land, and not much the worsefor the perils I underwent on the way A DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH OF THE RIVER MISSISSIPPI, WITH ILLUSTRATIVE ANECDOTES OF ITS DANGEROUS NAVIGATION) AND AN AFFECTING ACCOUNT OF THE BURNING OF THE BEN SHEEROD, A STEAMBOAT, ON THAT RIVER;May, 1837.
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