72 THE CALL OF THE SEA 



great Lake made) the recoiling waves brought us 



backe from the Shelfes a great way ; which the 



poore Master perceiving, and that there were 



seven men drowned, and eleven persons alive, 



cryed with a loud voyce : Be of good courage, 



take up oares, and row hastily ; it may be, before 



the Barke sinke, we shall attaine to yonder Cave, 



which then appeared to our sight : Every man 



working for his owne deliverance (as it pleased 



God) we got the same with good fortune : for no 



sooner were we disbarked, and I also left the 



last man, but the Boat immediately sunke. There 



was nothing saved but my Coffino, which I kept 



alwaies in my amies. 



William Liihjrow. 



'A' 



The Fires of St. Elmo -<c^ ^^y 

 (From Voyages; Hakluyt Soc, trans.) 



'HE Captain, therefore, ordered the ships to 



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proceed on their course until the 4th of Feb- 

 ruary, when they found themselves near another 

 island, which, being of so little profit, did them 

 much harm, and the previous night had been 

 passed in great trouble. For there was a cross 

 sea, and the force of the wind was so great that 

 they could not run before it, not even under 

 courses. The night closed in, and soon afterwards 

 a black and thick mass of clouds rose from the 



