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is found to carry the line without breaking it ; thus 

 affording a greater probability of securing to the 

 distressed mariner the wished for communication 

 with the shore. The experiments made on the 

 shore with the Arrows sent by Mr. Murray, were 

 not so satisfactory as they would have been, had 

 a proper Pistol been employed ; but a subscription 

 has been opened to defray the expense of procuring 

 at least one complete set of the apparatus from 

 Birmingham, as directed by that philanthropic 

 gentleman, in order to do justice to his invention, 

 and to carry it into practical effect, when occasion 

 may require. 



