The daily critic., 1890-06-30
ST. MALOS GRIM STORY.
wrecked at Sea and saved from the
sharks

wrecked at Sea and saved from the
sharks
fJ0n ne L0td0n Daily TtlsgyhD1.
A remarkable story Of the sea comes
from st. Malo, the narrator being an
anCient mariner named Bauche, whose
Tainful experiences In q small boat on
tie ocean ought TO be warrant for the
Truth Of his tale Bauche had signed
articles with the captain of a vessel
called the Mathilde, in which he sailed
TO Martinique. While in the harbor of
St. Pierre in a boat with the cabin bow
one day he was driven oceanward bv a
gale OF wind aud was knocking about
for week on the waves before he was
rescued by a Norwegian bark.
After the first night az sea Bauche
says that the cabin bov became partly
delirious, water was filling the boat
every instant, and in order to prevent
the dying lad from being drowned Ia Il
the old sailor made pals Of the legs Of
his pantaloons and was thus enabled
to keep the bottom Of the little craft
tolerably dry. lie had also to deprive
himself Of his shirt, which he utilized
as a flag Of distress. On the third day
the cabin boy died, and hardly was the
breath out Of his body before seven or
eight feroCious black sharks began to
circle round the boat, which they some.
times almost touched Rather than de.
liver up the dead body to the monsters
OF the deep Bauche kept IL until il be.
came dCcompOsed.
Being afraid Of illness, he at length
threw II overheard, after having said his
prayers over u. and the prey was speed.
hy seized by the sharks, who disap
peartd with H. and did not show up
again for about twenty four hours or so
Baucbe now felt so utterly miserable
hat he was thinking Of throwing him.
sell overheard. when he was dlssuaded
from his intentions by the reappearauce
OF the sharks, who, after cycling him
rayenously for some time, actually be
gan TO gambol before him, ms II In an.
uCipatton OF a good feed of his body.
II did not want to be eaten alive. re-
marked Bauche In his narration Of his
perllous adventure, $50 / remained
where | was and waited assistance" 4" On
the seventh day the sailor lost conscious
ness, fell down In the boat, aud was res.
cutd In an insensible condition by Can.
tain Paterson Of the Vladimir.
In his mouth the Norwegian sailors
found what they first thought was an
old quid OF tobacco, but which proved |
70 be part Of the horn handle Of bis |
knife, which Bauche was crunching TO |
staye of hunger when he became un. |
conscious. The rescued sailor, after
having been taken TO New Orleans. OBJ |
tained a passage home to St. Maln |
Only the other day he went down 10 |
the port TO meet his old shipmates of /
the Malhilde, who had been wrecked /
on the coast OF Newfoundland, whittier /
they had made another voyage since
bauche disappeared az Martinique.
The crew Of the Mathilde had been /
rescued of the banks Of Labrador by
an English vessel. They had long. Of
course, given up Bauche and the cabin.
boy as lost In midoeean, and great was
heir surprise when they beheld the
tolmeT in the flesh, and as hale and
hearty as If he had never been without
.ood on the deep for full seven DAYS In
IN open boat and In pehlous conuguily
10 the teeth Of the tigers Of the ocean.