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have experienced it, can imagine the effect prodaced 

 by the cry of "Man overboard," on every hearer; 

 and to us, who had lived for more than a year to- 

 gether, seeing and conversing with each other every 

 hour in the day, all depending on the same fabric for 

 shelter against the storm and wave, it came with a 

 ten-fold force — as none knew whose turn it next 

 mi2;ht be. Nothing serious resulted from the duck- 

 ing ; a slight cold, that soon yielded to simple treat- 

 ment, being the only affection. 



On the 20th we stood in with a fair wind, passed 

 Baldhead, entered Frenchman's Bay, and came to 

 anchor at 7 o'clock in the evening ; having taken a 

 pilot when opposite to Baldhead. A few hours after 

 the James Allen made her appearance. We found 

 at anchor the barque Wavclett, of ISTew Bedford. 

 The ensuing morning all three ships weighed their 

 anchors and passed through a narrow passage which 

 connects the bay with the sound. The Wavelett and 

 our barque came to anchor in good shape, but the 

 James Allen, in trying to imitate us, ran aground. 

 After a few hours she floated clear. At anchor in 

 King George's Sound, we found an old hulk, with only 

 her lower masts standing, was moored stem and stern, 

 and used for the reception of coals for the steamships 

 that every month touch there. This harbor is beauti- 

 ful and safe, it being protected from almost all winds. 

 About a mile from where we lay is the town of 

 Albany, a settlement containing about one hundred 

 houses, and five hundred inhabitants. The tenements 

 are principally of frame, with thatched roofs. Their 

 occupants are of the same class as those of Vasse. 

 At times, it is said, this place presents quite a busi- 



