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do these things, but it is something to belong to a Society which 

 renders this public tribute to your heroic conduct in venturing 

 your own life for the woman now standing at your side. It is 

 thus we seem to acquire in some sort a share in the credit of your 

 action without any diminution of your own. I thank you, there- 

 fore, as a member of the Benevolent Society, as a member of the 

 Community, as the minister of the parish. I trust that when 

 any future history of St. Helena is written your name will be recorded 

 on its pages, and that your brave act, combined with respectability 

 and good conduct, will be a satisfaction to you to your latest day." 



The medal then having been attached to Roach's breast, 

 Mrs. Scale (the person saved) cordially shook him by the hand, 

 expressing with much earnestness her gratitude for having saved 

 her from a watery grave. After which Roach returned his thanks 

 in a few very appropriate terms, remarking that he had sought 

 no reward, nor did he claim any merit for his action, which had 

 been prompted only by the sight of a fellow-creature in such immi- 

 nent danger. 



The inscription on the medal is as follows : 



Presented to 

 JOSEPH ROACH 



by the 

 Benevolent Society 



of 

 St. Helena. 



On the reverse side : 



To commemorate 

 his preservation of the life of 



FLORELLA SEALE 

 from the wreck of the 



" Descobrador " 

 and from the fatal surf 



in James' Bay 



on the 17 th February, 



A.D. 1846. 



