Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-29

then take rest; you Will SUM oo man
again
The poor fellow tried to mutter word
or two of gratitude. lie gulped down Il
few swallows of soup, and after telling
the captain that his name was Bernard
Gilboy, and that he sailed l62 days be-
fore from San Francisco Cal. he was
taken below and put into u bunk, where
he soon fell asleep.
His boat was hoisted inboard in short
order, the islanders failing on to the
tackle falls and singing IA joyous song.
She was Il strange looking craft. The
carpenter pulled his rule out of his pocket
and measured her. He dimensions We're:
Is feet over all; beam, 6 feet; depth, :
ft. Is in. She was decked over, and her
hull was divided into two compartments
by water-tight bulkhead about Is feet
from the stern. She had been rugged as
a schooner, but only the foremast was
standing.
The after compartment was 6 feet
long, with hatch i'll the centre and with
locker on each side. She appeared to
have been fitted out with Il view to a
deep-water voyage, but looked much the
worse for wear. Her bottom was covered
with thick clusters of barnacles. Her
rigging was rather rotten, and her deck
was covered with slime.
The islanders flocked round the boat
whose name was the Pacific-painted i'll
small letters on her stern. They cx-
pressed good deal of curiosity concern
ing her, as was evident from their excited
talk and gestures. The Pacific was
firmly lashed to ringbolts in the deck,
everything on board of her being taken
out There wasn't a scrap of food
aboard; ten-gallon keg contained four
and one-half inches of fresh water, and
there was about half gill of alcohol in
u druggists bottle. That evening II fine
breeze arose and the schooner headed for
her destination, dancing over the waves
gallanty and clipper-like.
Next morning the steward woke up the
poor fellow SO proyidentially rescued
from the rapacious jaws of death, whose
fangs were about closing on him when
the schooner cited him. He was much
refreshed, and after taking cup of cof-
fee and slice of toast went on deck,
where the cook, who was bit of bar
ber, cut his hair and trimmed his beard.
Then he had good wash and was ready
for breakfast
While he was partaking of plentiful
meal, which he said tasted better than
any he had eaten since leaving San
Francisco, he told his story, often hesita-
ting for word, and speaking in strange
tone that reminded one of ghosts.
His name, as before mentioned, was
Bernard Gilboy. His home was in Buf-
falo, n. Y. From boyhood his hobby
was the sailing of small boats, and he
had gone to sea tan early age. 1t ap-
pears that reading the account of Capt.
Johnson crossing the Atlantic alone in a
boat Ii feet keel, 5 feet inches beam
and % inches depth, induced him to UNI
dcrtake II voyage to Australia from San
Francisco. Accordingly he contracted
with Burns & Kneass of that port to builC
him the boat picked up the day previous
OF the dimensions given above. She wa'
launched ON Friday, Aug. 3, 1882, ant
she sailed on Friday, Aug. 1S. Is there
any wonder that she came to grief? The
only cause for astonishment is that he
owner didn't fetch up for full due il
Davy Jones's locker, for as every sailo
knows, Friday is a most unlucky day.
On August 2 he got his clearance from the
Custom House. The craft had very little
free board. She was laden with IA ten
gallon casks of water, 165 pounds of hard
tack packed in fifteen pound watertight
tin cans, two dozen cans of roast beef in
two-and-a -half-pound cans, two dozer
roast chickens in one pound cans, two doz
one-pound cans of salmon, two dozen cans
of boneless pigs feet, two dozen cans OF
I peaches, two dozen cans of condensed
milk, twenty-five pounds of loaf sugar,
one gross of matches in six bottles, half a
gallon of alcohol in druggists glass jar,
ten gallons of nut oil, five gallons of ker-
osene oil, three ponnds of coffee, two
pounds of tea, one bar of CASTLE soap, two
pounds of lard, three pounds of nails, one
wooden pump, twelve feet of half-inch
hose, which he used as syphon to get
fresh water out of the kegs with, grains,
hammer and hatchet, u few copper tacks,
kerosene oil stove, pocket alcohol stove,
two lamps, one pound of candles, two
compasses, barometer, and sextant, pat
ent tatfrail log, double-barrel shotgun,
powder and shot, revolver and cartridges,
clock and watch, nine knives, anchor and
sea drag, with about forty fathoms of one
and half inch line, ball of spun-yarn
anda marlinspike, navigation books, sheet
chart of the South Pacific, an American
flag, clothing, one pair of twelve-foot
oars, and an umbrella, which he found
handy when the wind was light and the
sun strong.
Thus equipped Giroy put to sea in the
frail boat Pacific. His usual course was
to sail at night and heave to and rest
during the day. This he accomplished
AS follows: First he threw his sea anchor
overheard on the weather side, hauled
down the jib, lowered the foresail,
trimmed the main sheet fiat down and
lashedthc helm admidships. Thus, as
the boat drfted to leeward, the sea
anchor kept her head to sea and the main
sail steadied her. Trimmed in this way
the boat made quite good weather of it,
even in heavy sea.
The Pacific made fair progress, with
little eventful happening until October
u, when Gilboy caught It turtle, which he
cut up and cooked. His previous prey
had been bonitos and flying fish, which
he caught at rather rare intervals.
On the Goth day out he spoke the
barkentine Tropicvance, Capt. Burns,
from Tahiti to San Francisco, in latitude
IA deg 30 min. south and longitude 149
deg. min. west. The captain supplied
Gilboy with as many oranges, bananas
and lines as he would take, and promised
to report him on his arrival in San Fran
cisco.
he monotonous voyage went ON until