Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-08

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then Heated Cd freely, and felt themselves
rolling and tossing about frightfully on q
stormy sea. The weather was intensely
cold, so much so that icicles had hung
from the rigging Of the sunken ship the
day before; and being so tightly packed,
perhaps it was fortunate the weather was
so cold. In their haste to save life, they
had brought only part of ham which
the captain had snatched up, and bottle
Of brandy; and thus these poor creatures
we're tossed about from day to day, hun
CRY and thirsty, jostled like potatoes
shaken in barrel; now and then, when
they dared, letting in little air by rails.
ing the lid. Their situation strongly re-
minds one of CULVER in his box when
the eagle carried him out to sea from the
land of the Brobdignags.
On the fifth day the Mslays said they
must kill and eat the English captain;
but the poor Chinese woman Ito the cred
it of her SEX vehemently opposed them,
and succeeded in saving him for that day.
On the sixth day the Malays said they
must eat her; but the captain in turn
saved her for that day. It is difficult to
imagine a more horrible situation than
that of this poor Engfishman surrounded
by eight starving men determined to eat
him, which they certainly would have
done had not an English vessel rescued
them on the seventh day. It happened
thus: the captain of that vessel sighted
large box tossing on the waters, and at
first never thought of minding it, only
it part Of some wreck, as the
weather was so bad but as he looked, to
his utter surprise head popped up
through q hole in the center, and then
to be followed by another fig
ure, making frantic gesticulations. With
much difficulty this strange box was got
hauled up, and its poor inmates
dragged out to light, barely alive, aud
fearfully, finding the man
hole easier to pass out of than to get into
which was reversing the fable of the wea-
,el who got into the barn. The captain
Of the rescuing vessel was kind English
man, and did all in his power to restore
his guests. They were still in the Gulf
Of Pe-che-le and did not reach the port
Of Swallow sooner than six days, where
doctor was called in to visit these liber-
ated "Jscks-in-a-box." He said they
were singular proof of how much hu-
man beings can endure. All lived and
perfectly. Certainly they were
all young people. The Mslays went
home. The English captain went to Sin
gapore, and showed himself really CRATE
full to the poor Chinese woman who had
saved him from the jaws of the Malays.-
Chambers Journal.