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When the corial hove in sight, the first object that 

 struck his attention was Mr. Reiss, standing on 

 one of the thwarts, when prudence would have 

 dictated that he should sit down. From that mo- 

 ment to the catastrophe, not two seconds elapsed. 

 Descending where the fall was more precipitous, the 

 bow of the corial struck the surge, causing a vio- 

 lent shock, which threw Mr. Reiss off his balance ; 

 in falling, he grasped one of the iron staunchions 

 of the awning, the little vessel was upset, and in the 

 next moment her inmates, thirteen in number, strug- 

 gling with the current, and, unable to stem it, were 

 carried with rapidity towards the next cataract. 

 Poor Reiss kept himself above wateir but a short 

 time, sank, and re- appeared ; the current of the 

 next rapid seized him, and it is probable he came 

 in contact Avith a sunken rock ; he was turned com- 

 pletely round, and lost in the whirlpool at the foot 

 of the rock. After a diligent search of upwards of 

 two hours, his body was found in a direction where 

 it was least expected, and where an under-current 

 must have drifted it. The usual means for restoring 

 suspended animation were resorted to, but in vain ; 

 life was extinct. 



The remains of their poor companion, wrapped in 

 a hammock as a shroud, were deposited in a seques- 

 tered spot, opposite to where he was drowned, — 

 on a rising ground, which the water, even at its 

 highest, does not reach. The burial service was 

 read, and not an eye of those who called themselves 

 Christians Avas dry; even the Indians, decently 



