The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1883-03-28


Uf the Nitfery sighted ssaail toat making
csross her hows with the eviicn; irtention q
hsnling rp alcn<siie. rhe Nittery altered her
ccarve snd hefore long the two were close
snscsh 70 he connected BY line, when IL was
discovered that the caly iurnatc Of the strange
cratl was 4 nlaa who, truu the first. showed
every siSn q weakness ard erracistion from
exposure. The rnan IS soon as be cane Gu
bcarI, staggered forward ard asked Ter some
thing 70 cal, and ere lcug Captain Eocr was
enablej TO place hcforc him varJn meal ubich
vas .Tseiily devc1reds meanwhile an eager
crowd gathered round him. ANXIOUS fer seuc
acoouns Of bow and by what Circumstances be
was brursht to srch eurio1s position. We
extract frvn the naR's lee, which be kept rss-
ulariy dnriHS his voyage. The poiats Of great
est interest," Psessisins these tseis BY saying
that his uamr 10 Bernard Gilioy, Of Buffalo,
y :, ard that his life frunA his earliest recol-
lection has teen spest on the sea. lie started
"a his voyage with The determination Of AJAX
ne for Australia, seFcsS The Paei6c ccean. His
ccsturas certificate dates from san Francisco,
18Th August, lSSe, IN which il Is remarked
that Bernard Gilfoy startS "on a voyage o.
pleasure for Australia. The Ettie boSi. the
'PsciSc.n MAS buili expressly for the trip az 4
cosi Of something, like SI0o. heing OF tons
register, : feet luug, c feet bean. and With a
depth q : feet inches. She Is covered il an
ever, but has matches, amidships and | AFT
The lore part was used mostly icy the water
casks, ard as the contents Of each Of these was
drunk, i was Sled with salt water Ter ballast
iss puEPoses. Il the after part q The vessel
was the cabin, csass kitchen, cg1I everything.
which was intended As a comfort or necessity.
However, the Pacific cutter, with It's solitary
Occupant, lsft the port Of San Francisco Aug.
18Th, hcnad, rather indefinitely, for Australia
Nothing happened during the first week.
though much discomfort had % be pat up with
owing 70 the lowness Of the boa: IN the water
fron the znicuHt OF her supplies, which N-rc
Iater0ed 70 last rcnths, together with 40
sAllons Of water. Then no less thaa % dSyS
Of alternate Gains ami bead winds followed. {
iuriss which the Esh bcniis and sea turtles !
came round the vessel in great quantities. Gil I
loy's object Vas 70 uake due sultL and catch I
the southeast trades, and 50 when lair winds !
set in he crossed the line IN longitude l56 on I
Friday, sept. 20. About this time tiilfoy found /
that be wccld have to shorten his allowance. I
IS the calas without progress had somewhat
reduced his provisions, hut on the ether haad 4
he found that he could eat but very litIlc, |
having 80 little exercise. Splendid winds then
set IN While be wSs running south between
ATTITUDES south and u south. His habit
was to sleep or hours heiorc daylisht,hg,
he found about tins time that his sleep was
much disturbed by a constant Knocking u the
bestorn Of tho boat This was duo 70 the fact
that his boat was surrounded by small Esh.
which the sharks would attempt 70 catch, but
only when It was dark o. during a sluall The
sharks wSold come risht up alongside, aud |
turning over, try and gulp down as many fsh
As possible. To avoid tins he made harpocn
Uui Of kind Of bCathcok he had, and thought
he speared many, was unable % bring them .
alongside and kill thens bat his constant efforts
made the sharks Sht shy Of him. - be saws,
thai AZ night when turning in he vonld place 4
bis shirt where be was accustomed to sit at the 4
helm, and thus the ssh would keep away and .
trouble him no more with their midnight rap
pia5s. Nov. i0tlI he sighted the Tiupi- Twc-, I
Csrt. Burus, fruta Tahiti TO :. r. he nearsd the /
vessel and Obtained his correct longitude, Tor 4
he had tcen using dead reckoning. Having
exchanged greeting. and received quantity /
Of fruit, he proceeded again
After passing the Tropic Vance, the PlIic /
made some Of her finest runs, from - miles in
the - hours to loo miles by the patent log 1
On saturday, 9Th December. the island Of Eol,
the .0uihenmOsr island in the Friendly Group,
was passed. and he ran 70 the south 81 IL. On 1
the lith December, after running before q
heavy sea and wind, bat both favorable to the
ccuTsc, heavy sea broke under the boat and
turned her completely over lie had his main
sail and fCresIil set, hut closely reeled. he
himself went backward into the water. aud
coming alongside the boat clambeTed gp her
bottom. And now he had to commence 4 series
OF maneuverS to get the boat rishted. At night
he had been in the habit, when asleep, Of using
ioatins anchor" with which to heIve 10
on. and 80 on this, which 10 feet Of rope, was
l -. 4. Al -
abcgt an hours hard work to haBl away and
night his boat; but here again another dIctf-
Guilty Srpse. The boat was Of course nearly
full Of water, and he proceeded TO bail, when
the boat capsized j second time, more On &C
count Of the unsyeuuess Of the balance 10 the
water, which leaked into the compartments,
than ANYTHING else. However, she was right
ed with more ease this time, and he proceeded
20 clear everything at oHce which would make
her top heavy, and fastening all together, be
let them float some way behind On the sea an
chor, thereby steadyinS the beat. and at the
same time lesssnins the risk OF Der topping
over. He was At the .ime loo miles from
Sandy Cape, with provisions almost gone, and
his boat nearly full, and heavy sea on. lie
bAled away that night, anu next DAY secured
al siin.s snug and taut IN the boat, and On
SATURDAY. the sSth December, be got under
NSi-4 A.94l Win tc.lssl-As Ne@tLA-Lf anu e'e42
thing 50 snug that BY means OF a kerosene
lamp and stove he vas enabled to get warm
meal Shortly after this, a syordtish struck
the vessel in the fore part, and net TIL things
we're icaun. about in the vessel was the leak
suspected. This was soon stopped. Having
had the compass, his watch, and most Of ms
provisions lest IN the two upscts, be now made
Tor New Caledonia On the 2tlh December be
sighted Fearue CT Hunter Island, 4 barren rock
standing cut 900 feet from the sea- Ga Christ
mas Day he had about y lbs curqed meat,
mitigation Of alcohol, and 10 gallons Of water.
Beef and alcohol were taken straight tor
dinner that day. On the 2stl December tie
Island Mathew. WIS psssei. where. having no