A diary of the wreck of His Majesty's Ship Challenger, on the western coast of South America, in May, 1835 : with an account of the subsequent encampment of the officers and crew during a period of seven weeks on the south coast of Chili . ng round, hauled theafter-yards. Orders were given to stand by theanchors ; but almost immediately afterwards theorder to keep fast the anchors, and haul thehead-yards. In accomplishing this latter oper-ation a high surf struck the bows ; the ship, liftingto the heavy swell, got sternway, and struck witha dreadful crash, her keel taking the rocks about Elefe
A diary of the wreck of His Majesty's Ship Challenger, on the western coast of South America, in May, 1835 : with an account of the subsequent encampment of the officers and crew during a period of seven weeks on the south coast of Chili . ng round, hauled theafter-yards. Orders were given to stand by theanchors ; but almost immediately afterwards theorder to keep fast the anchors, and haul thehead-yards. In accomplishing this latter oper-ation a high surf struck the bows ; the ship, liftingto the heavy swell, got sternway, and struck witha dreadful crash, her keel taking the rocks about Eleference 10 Ska> jttvtutou) m on oovitMd. on ,,, j a rea Ata >• >. >- tmoUwr soVntA/w- . ..,.,, ivAen ?•«•?;//<?/<• i htm thrown over a jumJmi ua,t of rooks onto GfttZ/ytoUxr -ivuufa ? 6ht #vi*f fotaJarbq ove* foartoovroCrfpeU iy%</- ai dous&yAt on M, 20^ ra/w«, (At JcUyioaA/f/i troth Mr £ttu6 etSovndonedOm-tikt <,,,/•;:mfAt I.,«ht Mead iortfom //.,«/•,< A-i,a t ,. PttSFc a,<; LTl Li, A BEACH , on //of Weal Coast cftSeu&k *. -/mem-a //tvLatitude ;V7 49 73 MW. Wrecked, etvMcufM ^835 cU$ 4%FMKmof HtUaJxul Zfui hot ouceA oigtauU m tru .•; efblu WcxtAa- ..«<* llin.
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