proved the ruin of the the one ship that had rid out the in safety now she beheld across her course the the tops filled with exhausted happily the approach of the was gradual and the time employed to advantage and lines were thrown into the tops of the friendly wreck the approach of danger was transformed into a means of safety and before the ships struck the men from the s main and which went immediately by the board in the collision were already on eight years of trouble in the s decks those from the were next rescued and the settled gradually into a position alongside her neighbour against which she beat all night with violence out of the crew of the forty three had perished of the four hundred and fifty on board the only one the night of the i th was still notable for a howling tempest and extraordinary floods of rain it was feared the t ould scarce to endure the of the seas among the the fate of those on board the awoke keen anxiety and on the beach of and the other officers of his on that of watched all night the morning of the th displayed a scene of rarely equalled the high and dry the and the partly piled on the and herself sunk to the gun deck no sail afloat and the beach heaped high with the of ships and the wreck of mountain forests already before the day the chief of had gallantly ventured forth by boat through the fury of the seas and had sue the in communicating with the admiral already or as soon after as the dawn permitted rescue lines were and the were with difficulty and danger begun to be brought to shore and soon the cheerful spirit of the admiral added a new feature to the scene surrounded as he was by the of two wrecked ships he the band of the and the bay was suddenly with the strains of hail during a great part of the day the work of rescue was continued with many instances of courage and devotion and for a long time succeeding the almost inexhaustible harvest of the beach was to be in the first employment the earned the gratitude of friend and foe in the second they surprised all by an unexpected virtue that of honesty the greatness of the disaster and the magnitude of the treasure now rolling at their feet may perhaps have roused in their an emotion too serious for the rule of or perhaps that was for the moment sails that twelve strong could scarce drag from the water great guns one of years of trouble in which was rolled by the sea on the body of a man the only native slain in all the an infinite wealth of rope and wood of tools and weapons tossed upon the beach yet i have never heard that much was stolen and beyond question much was very honestly returned on both accounts for the saving of life and the restoration of property the government of the united states showed themselves generous in reward a fine boat was presented to and rings watches and money were on all who had assisted the also gave money at the rate as i receive the tale of three dollars a head for every german saved the obligation was in this instance deep those with whom they were at war had saved the german blue at the venture of their lives was besides far from and i can only explain the figure by supposing it was paid from his own pocket in one case at least it was refused i have saved three said the i will make you a present of the three the of the american and german the were now cast still in a temper together on the beach the discipline of the americans was loose the crew of the had earned a character for in other ports and recourse was had to and indeed extraordinary measures the town was divided in two to which the different were confined had his quarter and any seaman a challenge was to be shot dead any tavern keeper who sold spirits to an american sailor was to have his tavern broken and his stock destroyed many of the were german and having these but necessary dispositions wonders grinning to himself over his despatch how far these americans will go in their assumption of over such as they were the measures were successful the mass of was kept in peace and at last in peace out of the islands returned to on the th to find the the sole of thirteen sail he thanked his men and in particular the en eight years of trouble in in a speech of unusual feeling and beauty of which one who was present remarked to another as they left the ship this has been a means of grace nor did he forget to thank and compliment the admiral and i cannot deny myself the pleasure of from s reply some generous and engaging words my dear captain he wrote your kind note received you went out splendidly and we all felt from our hearts for you and our cheers came with sincerity and admiration for the able manner in which you handled your ship we could not have been if it had been one of our ships for in a time like that i can say truly with old j that blood is thicker than water one more trait will serve to build up the image of this typical sea officer a tiny the captain dear to myself from the memories of a six months lived out upon the high seas the fury of that tempest which had piled with the harbour of found a refuge in and arrived at last in the port with a welcome and cargo the of pigs 