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that rubbing it with oil of turpentine gave them 

 relief. The strength of the sea is not only 

 excited by the wind, but is increased by a strong 

 current which sets towards the Eddystone rock, 

 and which probably gives it its name. The 

 following is a proof of it. A frigate lay in Ply- 

 mouth Sound, and on one very stormy night 

 the barge, which was moored astern, broke 

 adrift, and was carried out to sea. The accident 

 not being discovered till the morning, all hope 

 of her recovery was abandoned, and the boat- 

 keeper was supposed to have perished. A week 

 afterwards, however, when the Eddystone boat 

 came into harbour, the light-men reported that 

 they had brought one of the frigate's crew, and 

 the sailor, on arriving on board of her, stated 

 that, being fast asleep when the boat parted from 

 the ship, he knew nothing of his adventure until 

 awakened by her striking against the Eddystone 

 rock, and, though wrapped up in the captain's 

 cloak, he, with the help of the lighthouse people, 

 saved himself, the cloak, and one of the oars, 

 when the barge was dashed to pieces. 



The appearance of the Eddystone is plain 

 and simple. The dwelling-room is immediately 

 beneath the lantern, so that the men and their 



