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and steersman look at each other in astonishment. Can 

 we have been so mistaken and out of our reckoning? 

 But no ! That is certainly Wangerooge ; the depth of 

 water agrees, our compass is correct. No doubt about 

 it, we are in the Weser ; something unusual must have 

 happened ! Still no sail in sight ! But wliat is that ? 

 Yonder are the roads. There are several large vessels 

 under steam; they at least can give us some informa- 

 tion. So we make for them. We saluted the German 

 flag, and soon the cry was heard, " War, war with 

 Trance ; Napoleon is prisoner ! France has declared a 

 Eepublic ; our armies are before Paris!" And then, 

 *' Hansa destroyed in the ice, crew saved." We thought 

 we were dreaming, and stood stiff with astonishment at 

 such grand and heart-stirring news. Not until a loud 

 hurrah for " King William " sounded from a hundred 

 German throats did we regain our speech, and answer 

 with another "Hurrah !" 



Captain-Lieutenant Stenzel came on board, and wel- 

 comed us to German soil, and from him we learnt 

 somewhat more connectedly the events of the last few 

 weeks. From the fleet we procured a tug and pilot for 

 the Weser, and on the 11th of September, at six p.m., 

 we ran safely into Bremerhaven, where the next morn- 

 ing we had the pleasure of shaking hands with some 

 gentlemen of the Bremer Committee, at the head of which 

 was Mr. A. G. Mosle, as well as some of our comrades of 

 the Hansa. 



