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end of a rope about his wafte, faftened the other to 

 the mole, and plunged headlong into the boifterous 

 element. When he had got very near the fhip, a 



wave carried him off", and dafhed him on Ihore 



Twenty times fuccelTively was he thus repulfed, rolled 

 upon flinty ftones, and covered by the wreck of the 

 veflel, which the fury of the waves tore rapidly to piece;,. 

 He did not, however, abate his ardour. A fingle 

 wave dragged him under the fhip. He was given up 

 for loft, but he quickly emerged, holding in his arm> 

 a failor, who had been waflied overboard. He brought 

 him on Ihore, motionlefs, and juft expiring. In fhort, 

 after an infinity of efforts and llruggles, he reached the 

 ■wreck, and threw his rope on-board. All who had 

 force enough left to avail themfelves of this afliltance, 

 tied it about them, and were dragged to land. 



" Bouflard, who imagined he had now faved all the 

 crew, weighed down by fatigue, and fmarting from 

 his wounds and bruifes, walked with great difficulty to 

 the hght-houfe, where he fell down and fainted through 

 weaknefs. Afiiftance being quickly procured, he dif- 

 charged a load of fait water, and began to recover his 

 fenfes. On hearing that groans ftill ifl'ued from the 

 wreck, he once more collected the little ftrength that 

 was left him, rufhed from the arms of thofe who fuc- 

 coured him, plunged in again, and had the good for- 

 tune to fave the life of one of the paflengers, who was 

 lathed to the wreck, and who, in his languid ftate, 

 had been unuble to profit of the afTiftance adminiftered 

 to his companions. — " Two fouls periflied out of ten, 

 and their bodies were found on the following day." 



Monf. Necker addrelTed the following lines, in his 

 own hand writing, to Bouliiird, on the 2 2d December 

 '-77: 



Brave Man, 



" I was not apprized by the, intendant till the day 

 before ycftcrday, of the galhut't|peTl you atchieved on 

 the 31ft of Auguft. Ycfterday I reported it to his 

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