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Strait. During the preceding night the Captain, 

 as a measure of prudence, had ordered the first reef 

 to be taken in the topsails, in order not to enter the 

 passage before daylight. 



The ship struck on the reef so violently, that 

 both keel and rudder were instantly knocked off and 

 carried away, and the Captain declared the vessel 

 to be totally lost ; at the same time giving orders 

 to get the boats ready and furnished with pro- 

 visions, in order to endeavour to reach the island of 

 Timor. 



At the time the vessel was wrecked, she had four 

 boats, the long boat, two cutters, and a dingy or 

 small jolly boat. In the largest cutter, W. Grindall, 

 Laurent Constantine, and George Pigot, left the 

 wreck, and Richard Quin, and James Wright, 

 joined them the next morning by swimming across 

 a bar or reef at the risk of their lives. 



The other boats were knocked to pieces and lost, 

 by the vessel falling over on her side, and they 

 were unable to save any more of the passengers or 

 crew, as it was impossible to pull the boat up 

 against the strong current ; and none of them 

 would venture amidst the heavy breakers to reach 

 the boat by swimming. They were unable to state 

 what became of the Captain, passengers, and rest 

 of the crew ; but at the time Richard Quin and 

 James Wright left the wreck, all the passengers 

 and crew were alive on the forecastle of the vessel, 

 with the exception of one sailor named James 



