The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . owing to the cur-rent, was found impracticable, and we must have perished,had not Sergeant MDonnel leapt out of the boat and swamto us with the end of a small line, with which we endeav-ored to haul the boat to us; but when she came broadsideto the current, all our strength was in vain. One of theboats crew, at this critical moment, sent us the end of ahawse by the line, on which we hung when the surf knockedus off our feet. As the tide began to ebb, the boats moor-ings gave way, and
The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . owing to the cur-rent, was found impracticable, and we must have perished,had not Sergeant MDonnel leapt out of the boat and swamto us with the end of a small line, with which we endeav-ored to haul the boat to us; but when she came broadsideto the current, all our strength was in vain. One of theboats crew, at this critical moment, sent us the end of ahawse by the line, on which we hung when the surf knockedus off our feet. As the tide began to ebb, the boats moor-ings gave way, and she must have gone among the breakers,had we not held her on by the hawser, so providentially sentus, till she grounded on the bank. ^On the morning of the first of August, every thing thatcould be brought from the wreck was sent on board the brig;and all the people embarked in the course of the day. Shegot under weigh at four in the afternoon, and cleared thereef as night set in ; and, after a favorable passage of tendays, landed us in Sidney, to the astonishment of all ac-quainted with our 25 THE LOSS BARQUE MEDUSA, AN ENGLISH WEST INDIAMAN, Wliich was driven on the Rocks of the ColoradosReef, off the Island of Cuha; Augnst, 1836.
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