The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-11-15


he boa, to put Tor the ship As speedily Ss
,oaslblei and no sooner had he order been
dseh than t6ay hiscoyersd the monster Of
he deep making towards then With his JAYS
gidely sKtended Escape from death now
seemed totally out ~ tho question, They
wow six or seven miles from the ship-no aid
sven there 10 AFFORD them necessary relief
md the whale, maddeued by the wounds Of
he hAn,oon 4 haaes wiioh had beoa thrown
Iu'o him, and seemingly Eloating with the
prospect orspecdy revenge. within few en-
bles length Fortunately, the monster came
up and passed them Al a short distance. The
boas then made her way TO the ship and
they all got on board In 'Ahay. !
Amer nAohing the ship boat was despatch
cd far the Sars " the demolished boats, and
Il was determined 10 par-uo tho whale with
he shlp---AA snnn-A tha- boat -zninEnsA- -Eiih-
the oars. sail was get, and tho ship proceeded
afer tho whale. In short time she ovcr-
took him, and lance was thrown into his
head The ship passed on by him, and im'
mediAtsly alter they discovered that the
whale was mAkihR for tho ship As he cams
up near her they hauled on the wind, and
sunared the monitor 10 pass her. Afler no
had fairly passed they kept on 10 overtAke
and HitAek him again. When the ship had
reached within about any rod, orhln, they
discovered that tho whale had settled down
deep below the surface Of the water, And~As
10 was near sun down they concluded 10 give
up the pursuit. i
Capt Dsblioa was At this timo standing in
the nightheads on the tarboard bow, with
craft in hand ready 10 strike the uponstar
deadly blow should he appear, the ship NOV.
ing about Eve knots. when hooking over the
side Of tho sbiphe discovered the whale rush
ing toward Il at tho rate offiflecn knots IN
an hisidnf The mnnSier StneE he ship lriih ire-
mendOu' uiolence, shaIing her from stem 10
stern. She quivercd under the violence Of
the shock, a. II sho had struck upon rock
Capt Dcblois Immediately descended into.
the forecastle. and there 10 his horror, discoy-
cred that tho monster bad struck the ship n
bout two feet from the keel, abreast the fore
mast, knocking great hole entirely through
her bottom, through which the water roarod
aad yashed ia isaeetaaasly SpFiRHias ~
the deck, be ordered the nihte TO cut away
the anchors and get tho cables overheard to
keep tho shlp from sinking. As she had large
quantity Of pig iron on board. In doing this,the
mate succeeded in relieving only Que anchor
and cable clear; the other having been fasten-
ell around the forumasL The shIP was then
sinking very rapidly.
The Captain went 10 the eapin. whero lac
found tiirrr Furt OF waFGT; he however sue
ceeded iu procuring chronometer, seStant
and chart Reaching the decks he ordered
the boats TO be cleared away and to get Wa
ter and provisions, as the ship was heeling O.
YER. lie again descended TO the cabin, but
the water was rushng in so rapidly that he
could procure nothing He then came upon
deck, ordered all hands into the boats and
was the last, himself, TO leave the ship, lohieh
Ae a',l by -AEeseiI.9 Aal@Stf iaie tie e-Sea- aud
s,oiianiing 10 he nearest boat The ship was
on her beam end, her top gallant yards un-
der water. They then pushed off some dis
tance from tho ship, expecting her to sink in
very short time. Upon an examination of
the stores they had been able to save, he dis
covered that theg had only ttreiue quarts af
,cater and NOT Houtlfid efproUisions 81 any
Kind The boats contained eleven men earh.S
were leaky, end night coming on, they were
obliged to bail then all night, to keep thOm
FROM sinking
Next day at daylight thoy returned 70 the
ship, no one daring to venture on board but
the Captain, their intention being to cut u
way the masts, and fearful that the moment
the nAsr were cut away, the ship would go
down. With single Ratchet the Captain
went on board, cut away the mast, when the
ship righted. The boats then came up and
tho men by the sole aid of spades cut away
the chain cable from around the foremast,
which got tho ship nearly on her keel. The
men then tied ropes round their bodies, got
into the sea and cot holes through the decks
to get out provisions They could procure
nothing but about five gallons Of vinegar and
twenty pounds Of wet bread, The ship threat
shed to sink and they deemed it imprudent
to remain by Der longer, 90 they sst sail on
their boats and left her.
They were then in dreadful state of Anx-
iety, knowing that in very few days, unless
a kind Providence should direct them to fall
in with some ship, they must all die by star
vaton and thirst, or that to sustain life, they
would be obliged to eat each others bodies As
soon as life had departed However, as long
-as they had strength, they knew it was their
duty to wait and watch patiently, and trust
to that Good Being who had twice SO signal
ly saved them from the jaws of the monster
of the deep, the day previous. Their only
hope was in trying to reach rainy latitude,
that, from the rains that njgLt Gall they might
sustain life.
With this hope they directed their course
horthwardly, and-ou tho 22d Of August, at a.
bout o'clock, p. NJ, they had the undescrib-
able JOY of discerning ship in the distance.
Thev u,ada n signal and were soon answered