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sheet should not be parted, or the till,r
ropes break from the strain made upnn
them, iut we knew that everything was
as secnre us it could he mn,lp, 50 gave
ourselves up to view the beauty AMI
ErHndurc ot the scene, without any feel
int nF 'mcaSincsS, AMI under the sklm
management OF Capt. CoomIS snd Nr.
Nyr, the good vt->,cI safely wmthcred the
gale. Should anything have happened
Ia the vessel while rNpuSrd to the fury OF
the wind and waves, the only alternative
woGld have hrcn to beach the vessel on
Wildly Island.
Being light draft and fiat hnttom,
She would proJaly have been carried up
the beach 50 far as to have been beyond
thr reach OF the waves, 81 that although
the vessel might have been greatly iniRr.
cd, all would have reached shore in safe.
ty; bu, NO accident oi the kind hetrl us.
ana about 10 y. NJ, syar,c twu hours
after the storm struck Us we rounded
Snip point, and dropped anchor II few
rods from shore, directly IN front OF MIR.
Shannon's house, Mt the western extremity
oi Snip lInrbor channel. Although the
waves were having so wild play outside
where We can.c to anchor, scMsc ripple
~ns seen upon the water.
The force Of the wind may be estimated
from the fact that in II fiat bottom, scuw
built schooner, under only the iib and
main sail, aud against strong tide, we
made upwards Of twenty. five miles in
two hours.
Mr. Nyc has been acquainted with he
Sound almost from the first settlement,
and Capt Coombs has been in command
OF the Granger for the past toul years,
and they both sny it was the sevcresl
storm, heaviest wind and ruiiest sea they
ever saw near or On Puget Sound
''hc storm was probably local in its
character, and not felt except in the
Straits.
Every vessel when under headway is
compelled to carry two coorcd lights,
scCulely fastened, one each side OF the
vessel. These lanterns are made So that
no or lnary spray can beat through, 50
AIS to affect the light The Graugers
lights were secured some eight feet above
thc level of the deck When we came to
anchor We found that the spray had put
out the weather light, Fortunately we
Iad been enough upon the water the past
d asOn, so as not to feel in the slightest
-Argrec sea.sick, therefore stopped where
we could see aud feel the full force OF
the storm Although drcnched to the
skin by the spray every few moments, yet
the sight there displayed more than made
up for ull such disugrecable accompani-
ments.
All this time Mr.. NJ. lay deathly sick
in one of the hunks below, where, with
every bcave of the vessel, everything that
could bc shook loose would he rolled !
ncross the cabin towards orinto his berth.
We only needed the company of Mr. Hen.
dvrson to have made the circle complete,
for when we came to anchor, put every.
thing in the cabin to rights and MIR. NJ.
was himself again, and all were them
selves before the cheerful fire soon start
ed in the cabin stove; If we had only Mr. |
II. with his &itable drollery, to have
related his Sferiences and sensations,
MS well as his views upon the situation,
our entertainment would have been com
plete tor that evening, while the mnnoer
he would have stated the case would |
have made the trip doubly interesting to
our readers.
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