SHORT TOUR OF SCOTLAND. 



300 paflcngers, including a number of children, 

 bound for America after Icvcral days ftoi 



their mainmaft was away on Monday the 6th 



current, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and many 

 leagues to the weitward of Ireland. That immr 

 ately afrrr lofing tin .r ir..i '.nm..ll, the matter and 

 crew rcfolved to return wr cnock, 



and having put a' .at purpofe, and con- 



tinued their courfe accordingly, they found them* 

 fdves upon :ig, the i4th, between the 



idand tn and the coail of Cantire. That 



upon Wedncfday morning thereafter, about 5 

 >ck, the morn id fine calm weather, 



:\ a fmall b found thcmlclves clofe 



Upon the rocks of Rathlin, and before any effectual 

 efforts were made to get clear, the (hip ftruck upon 

 the rocks. That after the Ihip ftruck, all endea- 

 vours were ufed to get her off, without effect, upon 

 which about 100 fouls were landed upon the illand, 



v neccflaries whatever, but their cloa* 

 .it about one hour after the paflengers were landed, 

 (hip got clear off the rocks, and for two hours 

 continued fafe at anchor, when they cut 

 the: .1, the weather being ftill fine, 



: the above- mentioned paflengcrson ihorc. That 

 after they (the paffengers) faw the (hip under fail, 

 they followed her about a mile and a half along 

 Ihore, making fignals for taking them on board* 

 but to no purpofe, althou me the mailer 



"ht have taken them on I :h the greatcft 



and Ufety to the (hip, which was then very near, 

 .at the paffengers being thus left upon the ifland 

 without provifions or any other nc iicy 



tnd thei under the ncceffity of applying to 



the re, 1 for affiftance, when, after re- 



lays and a nights, the declarants, 

 and about 20 other paflengers, were furnilhed with 

 the rector's boat, and landed yciterday forenoon, 

 near the mull of Cuntirc, and came this morning 



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