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the Tsuga Straits, but to no purpose. She steadily 

 neared the shore; A very short time now elapsed 

 before the breakers were reached, and the doomed 

 vessel struck heavily on the long sandy beach about 

 four miles north of Koshiro. Everything that could 

 be thought of to save the lives of the crew was 

 attempted. The long-boat was got out, but immediately 

 capsized, and the two men in her were seen no more. 

 Some of the crew, lashing themselves to spars, tried to 

 reach the shore, but not one did so alive. One man 

 was drowned on the deck ; the captain's kangaroo 

 hound was washed away from the ship ; Mrs. Graham, 

 the captain's wife, with a life-buoy lashed to her, was 

 dashed about the deck with such violence that the life- 

 buoy was torn from her, and she died almost imme- 

 diately afterwards in her husband's arms. The bul- 

 warks, and everything on deck, were swept clean away. 

 The chief of&cer and two men, who had steadily refused 

 to leave the captain, were now persuaded to try and 

 reach the shore by swimming. The captain himself, 

 throwing off his coat and boots, jumped into the sea. 

 Fortunately, a spar floating near him, he managed to 

 grasp it, and this without doubt was the means of his 

 life being saved. In a short time he felt the sand with 

 his feet, and almost at the same moment found himself 



