. The sailor brother, or, The history of Thomas Saville : an interesting tale . ed to encounter the master of thedweUing, at every turn of the pathwhich led to it*/but here I was disap-pointed, the hut being quite empty,and no living crcciture appearing, Iraised my voice, and shouted as loudas I could, but was answered only bythe echo of my own voice among therocks, and then all was silent casting my eyes on one of the pil-lars that supported the hut, I perceivedletters cut on it, and removing the mosswhich partly covered the characters,I read the following inscription: James Hardy, C
. The sailor brother, or, The history of Thomas Saville : an interesting tale . ed to encounter the master of thedweUing, at every turn of the pathwhich led to it*/but here I was disap-pointed, the hut being quite empty,and no living crcciture appearing, Iraised my voice, and shouted as loudas I could, but was answered only bythe echo of my own voice among therocks, and then all was silent casting my eyes on one of the pil-lars that supported the hut, I perceivedletters cut on it, and removing the mosswhich partly covered the characters,I read the following inscription: James Hardy, Carpenter, of the Elizabeth,East-Indiaman, was wrecked off the rocks, bear-ing west of this island; and was cast ashore the2nd of May, in the year of our Lord 1787, andremained on this place during the space of seven ^years; when by the providence of God, he w^asdiscovered by the crew of the King George. Heinscribes this as a memorial, for the sake of anyunhappy mariner, who may be cast away atany future time, and landed on this island. I read this little narrative with great.
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