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himself were there. It is presumed that the latter was 

 in evidence, for neither the man nor the dog was again 

 heard from. More often disasters occurred to boats that 

 were overtaken by storms at sea. The worst gale re- 

 corded in the early days of fishing occurred in the middle 

 of August, in 1635. On the land houses were unroofed and 

 turned over, crops were laid waste, thousands of great trees 

 were broken off or twisted about like withes. On the 

 sea the effects of the gale were no less terrible, a tidal 

 wave, or exceptionally high tide, twenty feet ' * right up and 

 down' causing many deaths. Several vessels that were 

 caught out in the gale had miraculous escapes ; many others 

 were lost, among the number being the Angel Gabriel of 

 Bristol. 1 



i Hubbard, p. 199. 



