, 1864-07-17
MUNGER 339.

The SKY was overcast the aecond d:y, but thr
Wind went down aud the sea BECAME more
calm. The sun rose bright and clear IN q
clondless eky the morning Of the third day.
Enshe1tered bcads. Maddened with th:r:t,
III their agony, some Of them drank the sea
Wnter and died. The fourth day dawned
with sun, though lustrous and ardent as
before. Another died. The survivors cut OF
bis legs and ate for the first time since leaE-
Not a morsel had they eaten, not 4 drop Of
fresh water had they drink for four DAYS.
Tie clouds gathered oyerhead on the fifth
day, but the sun burnt them of and shonc
nure scorchingly than ever. That evening
one Of their comrades slipped over the side,
aging: ~ am going home, I can stay no
loLgeE-I rant to see my mother-come
with mc, VIC shnll not be long away aud will
soon returu'' They were. too weak. to pre-
vent 1t, and he swan away. Far as their dim
eyes could range did they wistfully watch
him swimming OH. the sharks p'aseins their
white fms BY his side, till he was lost iu the
distance The sixth day came aud Went, and
another died.
The seventh morning found them hopeless
and cespairing; too weak to stand, spiritless
aid exhausted, they las feebly clinging to
tEr spals, and another died But three 1ere
left now Of the eleyen-and still through the
long forenoon did the burnin., rays 81 tht
terrible sun fall totl- npen thet.1-. At lin.
lat moment relief cane. The French bacque
"Cfairc,a Robert, Master discovered The
raft-,aeir signal fortunately still dying
and dispatched a boat to their assistance.
Tcndet1y were thcy lifted into it, anu from
thence to the ship.
It Wou]u be Init reasonable to suppose that
misfortune had now done with them Not su
For Whi1st the officers aud eeamea of the
Claire could not be too kind, dressing their
wounds and In every possible way adinIuis-
teTtng TO their comfort, the Master treated
them with hArshncss and severity uncall.d
for, most cruel under the circumstances, and
with nigsardiiness that eyinced most
MEAN and contemplate .ature. Before their
strength was restored, whilst their trean-
bling limbs were yet swollen and
cracked. SO thut the blood would ooze
from their feet In walking, he com-
PEELED them TO do duty with the men,
hers OF bis crew. With IN abundance Of live
fowl and preserved fresh meats, with ten
cnsEs Of wine In the hold, he yet confined
them to un allowance ol salt pork aud beans
tor dinner and supper, which. With coffee and
bard bread for breakfast, composed thefr
tarc-substantfal1y enough. doubtless, but
II! adapted to nour.sh men 80 nearly famish-
cd His officers were rcprimanded for taking
medicines FROM the ships chest to7 their re.
liet. That he Was one quarter owner Of the
vessel, and too penurious to be 1T any cost
personally, In assisting them. is the only rea-
eon that csil be alleged for his conduct. The
EAAoao aAA AAE QLAEtIea uQAcfEE, 01fH4tu
their rutions OF VINE and food with them,
and they recuperated more rapidly thau
could possibly have been expected
lhe survivors are Wm. Palmer, George D.
Bluke and james Anderson. They were
picked up at coon, january eth, having been
seven days Id six hours nu Tue raft The
Elyina sank III about lat 23 south, Ion., Gl
est.
Ion have thus m account taken from the
lips Of q survivor Of y shipw7tck, With ul1
It's attendant circumstances, one OF the most
remarkable on record. 1t may seem i'm
probable that life should be Sustained SO
long under such privation, accompanied
with 20 much suffering; and get there Is no
Cause to doubt, in the slightest degree, the
truthtuinteB OF the narrator. Had you list
ened TO HE words, and seen his still attenu-
hted frame, his blistercd face and tlmhs vet
swollen and scarred, with partially healed
Sores. there would have been no room for
scepticism in your mind. have suppressed
nluny OF the incidents Of their Life during
thoee seven ltuE wearisotne days upon tue
rait, but your own Imagination will readily
conceive their nature, uud perhaps more sat
isfactorily and as correctly follow their oc-
currences az coult deliucate them with the
pen. Note, for seven days on that fragile
ratf, ovsr y hleh tue waves would wush ut
every swell, alone On that vast Southern at:,,
surrounded = ith the nerciless shark, over
head torrld sun, no water, no TODD hut
s:eud mans ley. their comrades diving before
them! l ehudderrd whilst hearing. Il was
tuueed most horrible