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boat's side. It may be imagined with wbat 

 deep interest these sad relics were scrutinised, 

 and how anxiously every fragment of clothing 

 was turned over in search of pockets and 

 pocketbooks, journals, or even names. Five or 

 six small books were found, all of them scrip- 

 tural or devotional works, except the ' Yicar of 

 Wakefield.' One little book, ' Christian Melo- 

 dies,' bore an inscription upon the titlepage 

 from the donor to G. G. (Grraham Gore ?) A 

 small Bible contained numerous marginal notes, 

 and whole passages underlined. Besides these 

 books, the covers of a New Testament and 

 Prayerbook were found. 



Amongst an amazing quantity of clothing 

 there were seven or eight pairs of boots of 

 various kinds — cloth winter boots, sea boots, 

 heavy ankle boots, and strong shoes. I noted 

 that there were silk handkerchiefs — black, 

 white, and figured — towels, soap, sponge, tooth- 

 brush, and hair-combs ; macintosh gun-cover, 

 marked outside with paint a 12, and lined with 

 black cloth. Besides these articles we found 

 twine, nails, saws, files, bristles, wax-ends, sail- 

 makers' palms, powder, bullets, shot, cartridges, 

 wads, leather cartridge-case, knives — clasp and 

 dinner ones — needle and thread cases, slow- 

 match, several bayonet-scabbards cut down into 



