Here, too, several sad shipwrecks have occurred, when many lives have been lost.  A few years ago, two ladies were walking together during a heavy gale of wind, which sent huge foaming billows rolling on towards the shore.  One, the youngest, was nearer the water than the other, when an immense wave suddenly broke on the beach, and surrounding her, carried her off in its deadly embrace.  Her companion, with a courage and nerve few ladies possess, rushed into the seething water, and seizing her friend, dragged her back just before the hungry surge bore her beyond her depth, Papa gave us these anecdotes as we gazed on the shore.  We had intended going completely round the island; but the wind changing, we ran back the way we had come, thus getting a second sight of many places of interest.