Year: 1866

feet and ankles covered with sores from the
wounds and bruises they received while in
the schooner. and young Morse and Small
almost as badly off with wounds and lack
Of clothing, while Anderson, with all hiS'
clSthing on was in still worse condition,
caused, as 1t was thought by the larger
quantity Of blood which no drank.


Thus did things continue four days more
Their throats swelled more and more. until
il was with difficulty that they could keep
their tongues in their mouths.


Anderson failed rapidly, and day by day
their hopes Of rescue grew less and less
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
| they saw no sail approach them, and they
felt that they must die. Anderson had been
desperate, and they had to lash him to the
platform to prevent him from jumping into
the ocean. As the sun went down on Friday
evening they bade him farewell, feeling that
they might never look on his bright face
again. Poor Anderson though living, was
then unconscious. Still the captain did not
give up all hope. llo said to tho others, as
they laid down to sleep or to die, they
cared not which, hope having expired in
ilnir bosoms, that he could but feel that
help wac near at hand. There has been
n Providential hand in many things, since
we were overturned, and it means some.
thing more than we have yet experienced.
Our finding Of the hatchetj our getting out
of the cabin just in time to escape death
from the increasing waters that flowed in
upon us; our good success in escaping from
! the hold, where we could have lived but q
| little longer the saving Of that coil OF rope,
the very ono of oil we had on board which
we would have chosen for our purpose
that rain Also and that fsh-God has not
given us all this success TO forsake us now
Yet lac acknowledges that his fears were
greater than his hope.


But Saturday morning came, and with il
the English brig Peerless, ftom Philadel
phia to Matanzas. They were seen. The
brig, after some hours delay, caused by
having 10 beat up toward them, sent out
enc of her boats and they were taken OF.
Ande. son was unconscious and died in
three hours. The Captain was the last to


leave the wreck. Arriving along side the
brig they were taken on board, tho most
pitiful beings ever beheld. Their throats
were swollen 80 badly that il was with the
greatest difficulty they could swallow a
drop of liquid. They were so emaciated
as to look like skeletons, and they had
been so long in the water that their feet
and limbs were in the most shocking con.
dition.


EI erything possible was done for them
They were provided with warm arrow-root
tea and fed few drops at time, till they
could boar greater quantity; then Cruel
was given them, and though 80 weak in
half a day alter their rescue rs not TO be
able to stand on their feet, the crisis was
over, and they were saved. II was almost
a mirice. From Monday night to the next
week on Saturday, they had but single
drink of water, and no food except two
small pieces of the shark, and q mouthful
each of the flying iish--in all, not halt OF
one meal, and no moro than moderate
draught of water.


The Captain was right when he said that
God had helped them aud not without q
purpose of salvation. They put into Matan
zas, were taken to the hospital and kindly
cared for, and in due time the Captain, G
II. Morse and Henry Small arrived home
The Captain has 80 far recovered as to &C
out as master of new brig, owned by the
same f. o. Moses of Bath, who was part
owner Of the Enigma, and if good fortune
attends him, before the readers Of the Ban
Rer shall peruse this story he will have
sailed over the very spot whore for three
days thoy were shut out from tho world
under the. bottom of the lll-fated schooner
and for almost nino days more, starving or
the outside of the wreck. The Lord speed
him to his destined port. and safely bring
him home again to his charming family, il
the prayer of his personal friends.