The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-10-22

4 tmmedtatcty Fol upon the weather sfne, CHIT
way the rigging. and in a few seconds
= nasts broke close to tnc deck, and the
| fessel righted. bur was full OF water The
sea now made a complete breach oyer u.s.
md il '-as with the greatest di tficulSy that
We couli keep ourselves from being washed
over board Those who co.ild, supplied
themselves with sma. pieces OF rope to Sc
/ cure themselves to the rails Part of the
crew took their station on the bows, aud
| the remainder about the tafferei, to wait
the event OF a most dismal night, which
| soon closed upon us. The;sea all the time
| running With great fury. and the intervals
! between the seas were so short. that we had
scarcely time - clear our nostrels and eyes
before we were again overwhelmed almost
| to suHocation. At about midn ght. the wind
shifted To the N,Drthward aud Westward.
and the storm a5ated a little, bu, the sea
Continued to run very high and cross.-
AZ length the morning Game and showed u,
ali the horrors ct our perii,us situation -
In the middle vt the ocean, ON vessel un
der water. except a small part OF her bows
and ,affarel. without provisions or fresh wa
t-r, and the sea every instant making i
clear breach over us. In this situation we
, remained until nearly nigh, when our hum
; ger beginning to grow insupportaoie, We
succeeded in securing pig which was on
the deck at he time OF our disaster and nad
been killed by the rigging The heart and
liver OF this was taken out and divided.
This was eaten but instead of relieving It
added to our distresses. tor 1t brought on
severe sickness. The sea ran very nigh all
the mex, night, but Some of he people who
had secured themselves slept little, being
| worn out ny fatigue and watching. On The
second day after we were upse, the st a an
I, high all day and the sun cunning lut very
I hnf rad
| dr. nched in water and at others orolllng in
the sun. On the third day we succeeded in
procuring little bread soaked in salt wa :
ter aud a little oil. by diving into the ca
bin Lbs, day Samuel Anderson was wash
ed overheard and lost, and i'm the night
Jonn White died through excess OF fatigue
GA the fourth day we procured some water
and beet. This day we saw sail, but at
f! such distance hat we were not discovered
On the 5th day we succeeded in. procuring
hre by means OF sun glass. which was
orough, out OF the CABIN by diving he
weather being more moderate, we cnpked
part OF a shark, two OF which we uad caugnt.
but The weather coming on more bo,sterous
we were never able to kindle a fire a,ter
that day .--Or nc sixth. seventh. anu
eng Tn day nothing remarkable occute /;
we made shit, ~ preserve Ia with tue
bread, OIL and beef which we had procured.
captain Lyman, passenger, was reduced
very low, and could not have survived ma =.
ny days longer On lie ninth day we saw
all 81 near US that we could scern the
men walking on tn. deck but was not dis
cnveredby them.--On the morsing uf the
! 10th, we discovered me Madeira stan ding
directly Tor US, and about 10 O'Clock we were
all lake on board. Here we met with the
most nospitable treatment and every thing
| winch the generous people on board C. uId
do was done tomake Us orge our mi erie.
On board of this vessel we demanded f, ON
the % OF August to tne 9th o. September,
Wien we tell In with the snip c izen, bound
! ~ Alexandria. On board OF tbs vessel the
Cap elm and mate were taken, and landed at
Alexandria,