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gaged in the same perilous pursuit, and died thou- 

 sands of miles from home, under paiufully afflicting 

 circumstances. 



He was the third who has been called away out of 

 our bonnie crew, who in July, 1855, sailed from New 

 Bedford full of life and hope : all at that date feeling 

 assured of returning with a well laden ship and full 

 crew — with stores of curiosities, gleaned from foreign 

 ports, as keepsakes for the loved ones at home: all 

 were sanguine, and certainly expected to make a 

 good voyage and return by July, 1858. 



But "man purposes — God disposes;" as a proof 

 of which, let us review our relative positions now, 

 and then. One of our men was discharged, sick, in 

 King George's Sound ; from thence he went to Mel- 

 bourne, since which we have heard of his death. 

 Our second mate was discharged at Vasse, went home 

 as mate of the barque Pamelia, and is now, I hope, 

 in the full enjoyment of every blessing, surrounded 

 by an affectionate family. Three of our original 

 number deserted, and through the example and influ- 

 ence of evil-minded associates, allowed themselves to 

 be made parties to the origination of a false report, 

 according to which our vessel had foundered on a 

 tempestuous night, and the greater number of the 

 crew set afloat in open boats off the inhospitable 

 coast of New Zealand. Poor John Walters has gone 

 to his long home ! the blue waves of the South Pa- 

 cific havinor closed over him whilst in the discharge 

 of his duty. We learn from the Iowa's report, that 

 another one of our original crew, whom we dis- 

 charged at Port Louis, has shipped aboard the barque 

 Agues, of Xew York, bound to Batavia for a cargo, 

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