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Spences' cot ; that his chest with name on was alongside him, but 

 as life was at stake, he did not stop to pick them up. I much fear we 

 did not save all that were about us, for blowing hard as it was even 

 then, the vessel drifted so fast to leeward that we lost sight of the 

 things, and the "Alexander Baring" being close to me requiring a 

 Pilot I went to her and put the saved men on board. Before I 

 could work to windward again to the wreck, a second vessel met me 

 requiring a Pilot ; after supplying her it was dusk, and we had lost 

 all traces of the wreck now. I continued working to windward 

 all night. 



Vltli. At daylight I again stood down to the S. East and fortun- 

 ately met parts of the same wreck again, but I am sorry to say no 

 survivors on it. We also saw one of the Quarter Boats, stove, 

 returning in again to the ~N\ ~W. examining every speck we saw, 

 when about eight miles from the Light Vessel she then bearing 

 about N. West, we fell in with two top-gallant masts standing 

 almost upright in the water and evidently fast by something at the 

 bottom by the tide running past them. I ran close to one and passed 

 a four inch rope over it endeavouring to disengage one of them, 

 but the rope parted. This wreck lay in twenty fathoms water. 

 Moating Light bearing about N. E. by E. distance seven miles. 

 I cannot give you any further account of how the " JSTussur" met 

 her fate beyond what I did in my first letter. I have since been 

 on board the " Torch" Floating Light "Vessel to ascertain whether 

 they received any damage, or had seen any thing of the wreck. 

 Mr. Bunn states that about midnight of the 15th they saw a Barque 

 under small sail close to him and hoisted the peak light for him ; 

 at this instant the " Torch" was struck by one of those tremendous 

 rollers, and the hatch being off (they were veering away cable) the 

 vessel was near foundering from the immense quantity of water that 

 got below, he states five feet being in her at one time, and that had 

 a second sea followed she must have foundered. The crew were all 

 panic-stricken and floating about the decks, also the hatches which 

 were lost for a time ; on recovering from their fright they looked for 

 the Barque, but nothing could be seen of her. The " Torch" has 

 not sustained any loss or damage. 



