This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1825 Excerpt: ...all probability soon have been a wreck. The Beaufoy had not been seen for several 120 EFFECTS OF THE GALE AND COLD. hours; and indeed we could have rendered no assistance one to another, although we had been together, and the occasion ever so distressing. We had only therefore to wait with patience for the approach of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1825 Excerpt: ...all probability soon have been a wreck. The Beaufoy had not been seen for several 120 EFFECTS OF THE GALE AND COLD. hours; and indeed we could have rendered no assistance one to another, although we had been together, and the occasion ever so distressing. We had only therefore to wait with patience for the approach of day-light, and to confide i- a merciful Providence for our preservation. On the morning of the 29th, the gale moderated, and we were rejoiced to see from the mast-head, the Beaufoy in the S.S.W. Many of our crew were hurt in the early part of the gale, by being thrown down, and nearly all of them were frost-bitten. They had been above a twelvemonth from home, and consequently their clothes were nearly worn out. Several of of them had not a second pair of stockings or a shirt to change with; and I had parted with every rag I could spare to remedy these inconveniences. Blankets were cut up to make stockings, and the pump leather had been used to mend shoes. I never, during my experience at sea, have seen an equal degree of patience and firmness as was exhibited by these seamen. No dastardly request to reach a better climate was ever hinted at, but they continued in the strictest obedience and determination to make light of difficulties., .: In the course of the forenoon we closed with the Beaufoy, and I was glad to hear that they had suffered no particular damage; the decks STRIKE AGAINST AN ICE ISLAND. 121 had been full of water, but she had shipped much less than the brig had done. At noon, James Island bore S. E., distant about sixty miles. Owing to not having found ice here in any considerable quantity, on any of my two former voyages, I was led to hope that it would speedily clear away; and was, therefore, determined not to relinquish a..
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