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hard as it had blown off the land. So for two hours or there- 
abouts, we had just to sit twirling our thumbs and watching the 
wreck through the glass. Another flag of distress went up on 
.the forecastle, and as the wind had again veered—this time to 
the west—and was falling somewhat, I made another excur- 
sion to the whaler’s. He consented, so, having secured crews, 
we started—he in one of his whaleboats, and I in Mr. Murray’s 
boat. Soon after we left the shore we saw a boat pulling off 
from the islet of Inyug, which having a shorter distance 
to go than we, and having no head wind to pull against, 
reached her first. Notwithstanding the squalls of wind and 
rain, still heavy, and the nasty cross sea, we all made the 
trip to and from the vessel’ in safety, taking on shore the native 
teachers, who were passengers in her, the mate, crew, ship’s 
papers, instruments, and some boxes. After this the wind 
quickly fell, and during the remainder of the day the boats 
were busily employed in taking passengers’ luggage, stores, &c- 
on shore. 
The following extract from a letter of Mr. Inglis to Dr. Steel 
of Sydney, will give an idea as to what those on board ex- 
perienced at this time. 
“ About four o’clock on Monday morning the wind blew 
with such irresistible violence that both anchors were started, 
and the vessel, dragging her chains and anchors, ran out of the 
harbour as if she had been a mail steamer going at full speed. 
She was all but clear of the harbour, and out to the open sea, 
where she would have been safe, when the wind suddenly veer- 
ing, or a cross sea coming up, or both, she was struck with 
such force on the broadside as, notwithstanding the breadth of 
her beam, all but capsized her; a tremendous sea at the same time 
bearing her along, pitched her right up on the edge of the reef. 
Here she was exposed to the full force of the breakers ; and 
had she remained in that situation the probability is thatshe would 
