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acquittal of the captain on the charge of 

 cowardice. He had been thus accused 

 because he had refused to put out to a 

 shipwrecked vessel, while a volunteer crew 

 from Provincetown manned the life-boat 

 and rescued the imperilled crew. On his 

 acquittal, however, he took the first op- 

 portunity offered to redeem himself, and 

 expiated by his life any past offence of 

 which he might have been guilty. 



Before the establishment of the life- 

 saving station, moreover, many a poor 

 fellow whom the waves had spared died 

 of cold and exposure while wandering 

 about in midwinter over the barren \vastes 

 of sand which stretch back for over two 

 miles towards Provincetown. But enough 

 of these sad stories of shipwreck and death, 

 which are only too common on this coast. 



Before we were five miles beyond Race 

 Point we heard from the man on the look- 

 out above the inspiring cry of " There she 

 blows ! " and before long, whales could be 

 seen spouting in all directions, rolling and 

 tossing like great porpoises. It is a great 



