Vol. 1.-NO. 40.
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slip the cable, and cndcavor to stand out
to sea. Such, however, was the strength
Of The current, and the unmanageabIeness
Of the vessel, that the most serious appre-
decisions were entertained for It's safety.
In this condition tle crew continued in
hourly expectation of striking on outlying
reefs until midnight. when, to settle all
doubt on the subject, the unfortunate bark
sirucl, with tremendous force.


The striking of vessel. whether on
sandhanks or rocks, particularly the lat
ter. is ordinarily the sirnal of destruction.
On the present occasion, the crew in
stanlIy expected such a catastrophe, and
proposed to get on, the boat. and trv to
cain the island: but the captain. who
knew its dcsoIa,c condition. and believed
they could ONLY linger out few days
there in dreadful want. opposed the prop
osiUon, and he chose rather to close his
s,liicriH@s by a speedy death as the less
horrible Alternative. The crew however,
considered that there was still hope, and,
under the circumstances, assuming the
r'Glt of acting for themselves, they got
the boat OFT over ihc gunwalc, and threw
into her few things which they were
ahlc hastily 20 collect. Still however they
refused to leave their captain to perish,
and after some cn;rcatv, they prevailed
upon him 70 commit himself to the boat
with them. The night was dark, rainy
and boisterous. and the sea dashed over