The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . On the Great Barrier Reef of New Holland, and theMassacre of nearly all the Ships Company by theNatives; with a Journal of the Proceedings onBoard of the Schooner Isabella, when in Searchof the Survivors, and the Rescue of the InfantWilliam DOyley from the Polynesian Cannibals,Aumist, 1834. HE fate of the Charles Eaton and hercompany was, f^r about two years, thesubject of intense interest and anxietyto many of the inhabitants of length five of her crew reachedBatavia in Dec
The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . On the Great Barrier Reef of New Holland, and theMassacre of nearly all the Ships Company by theNatives; with a Journal of the Proceedings onBoard of the Schooner Isabella, when in Searchof the Survivors, and the Rescue of the InfantWilliam DOyley from the Polynesian Cannibals,Aumist, 1834. HE fate of the Charles Eaton and hercompany was, f^r about two years, thesubject of intense interest and anxietyto many of the inhabitants of length five of her crew reachedBatavia in December, 1835. The ac-count they gave of the disaster was,that the ship was lost on the Barrier Reef of New 14 THE LOSS OF THE CHARLES EATON. Soon after striking, she bilged, lost her rudder, andcarried away her masts, the sea making a clear breachover her. One of the quarter-boats was lowered, intowhich were thrown sails, provisions, &c. The third mate,carpenter, and five seamen, entered her, pushed off, andsoon lost sight of the ship. They stated that when theyleft her, the crew and passengers were all alive on theforecastle. The first land they made was Timor Laut,where they fell into the hands of the natives; but theywere generally well treated, and after remaining on theisland thirteen months, they persuaded the natives to letthem take passage in a return proa to Amboyna, prom-ising to send them back presents of muskets, ammunition,&c. They arrived here in October, and reached Bataviain* December. A clew was thus obtained as to the probable situationof those left behind, if hving; and as a lady of rareaccomplishments, and her interesting children, togetherwith several highly-re
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