The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-06
C.iPT AND MRS. CR.iPo,s vOrIGE.
Forty.nine Nay. aud Nights on the Ocean In n
Twcnt,-Foot iifeboat.

FrnH NJ fa1fHi RfHfirh
The boat New Bedford. after voyage OF
forty n n" days arrived in Mounts Bay. P'n-
2uncc. luEt night THIS tiny craft ~ a hooh'r-
rIg,cd lirhomt. 20 feet long. Her entire w
cons st"d Of Mr.. Thomas CrnuO AMI h's W T..
On tn" It'll inst. when tn rty five DAYS out. shc
was spoken hy the Nat unul Company 4 steamer
y ninark. which found all " II. aud supplied
the liulo snl'r WITH ur9Ns uis, prah ~, anu
twenty gallons OF water. Tdc lourtrcnr 'mnin-
ing days Of IN" voyage were most arduous.
Grape AMI his wife W re exhaust vi on thor at
rival in port. For the three days previous the
woman was unable To help her husband. and
his lett hand had bncOne useless owing To lis
prutrHrt ii umuuymt mt ia steering. During
fifteen days the N W u ,dford was hove to Il the
worst oi turrc gales that were encountered.
The adventurous couple lost their reserve Of
cluthin4. overheard.
The VOYAGE was begun on the 2sth of May.
when the vessel lett New Bedford. hui by stress
Of weather she had To- put into Chatham. Mus-..
where she stayed until thr ri ~ Jun Wnrn
the suils were again hu stod AMI th" NV Bed
lord started ON hrr p'rtuus voyage W, ~ liur
w,nd. All went we'll lur the first three days, tho
wmi being scout st and tn" sea calm. The
wind then changed to southeast. and IT canu on
iOggy Tor four days and cont inurd io0gy up to
the time they reached the Banks, srNentrrn
days ont. Here u most iortunat, thing hap
prncd iur the naNipaiurs. Tine drogu' which
they had brought " TIA them was found To lr ot
title use. because IL was too lignt VINE on tho
Banks. they saw "a kcg floating by. which. ia X
iy they were able To secure. capt CrhpO
Knocked of the iron hOoIs and. with some ,Nn-
vas. nade 4 new dru-u'. which answered adj
mrahly. When II il considered that at one part
of the voyage they were obliged To u" to tor
nearly thrrH days IN "a great Eulc ol Wlhu. IL
will need no effort to imagln" what fortunate
acquisition the new droguc WAS.
After leaving the Banks, whrrrthc lay 10 IN y
gale for fifteen hours. the wrnthcr improved
and they sailed Oh tall the 2lst Of Junn when
another gale WAS en- 'uuntrrHd. While lNihg-to
the New Bedford spoke the steamer Batavia,
from which ass stance WIS offered and tho OPP
pOrfunl ty given tp lt"tlk"u un board. Whi'ii was
declined. Atrr this inrdont. they encountered
q succession of e',l's. thr only woutnr being
that they survived tot u tiin story. Daring the
voyage. which lusi"d forty -uiur days. the rud-
der hrokr. hut hupplly there WAS q sunrc ono on
repaired The -Ha ~, 81 running very high. and
during all thn tim" when lying down to rest
they had to ic on wet clothes. everything bong
wet. At one time the Captain WIS for seventy
lug - irightiul. and at another he WAS eighteen
hours con~"c utlNrN attending To the drpgu".
Capt. Grape sly~ he could not have stood an
other fifteen DAYS: indeed. he mad not slept for
seventy hours when hc mudod. His average 81
81 Tp while coming across was under four hours
"A duy.
One Of the many extraordinary things con-
nc'itd with the fuyag" u NAT Il mad t9 ho run
toy dead reckoning. us the Now Bedford WIS not
hig enough tp carry a chrOnom"ter. Ouly on
two occasions could they gct their longitude.
when speaking the two vessels. Capt. Grape
had intended 80 make for Falmouth. but the
wind was against u. as the boat cannot bat on
account cd is lighurss. lie bore up for
Graves lake. viii 10 he rHnchri at about mid
ceN"i th' kiud attention To- be expected from
! Corn IA people.
\ corr..Spnndont. who signs himself "A
Breton. writes 90 ~ to point out that if Mrs.
during thr last tllr". DAYS ol tl' VOYAGE WIS So
lll as to h' unable to r"nu amy a~- stan 90. had
died 100 British waters MI. truUo would have
boon morally guilty oi tnu..-ilu-Nt. &C. H. trusts
country. having "NfrI-.i % woman o. such
upufh;c-- hardship Nut auli-I ia.