A NARROW ESCAPE 97 



of twenty years, the scene comes up so vividly 

 before me as to cause a shudder. I sat on 

 the shore for fully an hour, taking in the 

 exceedingly perilous position from which we 

 had escaped, and while doing so, the residents 

 of the settlement, hearing of the mishap, 

 came to the shore. It was freely expressed 

 that the same thing might occur very many 

 times there without its ending so favourably, 

 and I felt the truthfulness of the statement 

 myself, feeling grateful we had escaped with 

 our lives. 



