Cuar. XVIII.] RECOVERED BY BOAT’S CREW. 345 
ship. Those on board were in a state of the most 
painful suspense. When we caught a glimpse of 
the man from time to time, he was evidently 
sinking, and in a few more seconds all must have 
been over with him. The boat was nearly lost to 
us in the closing darkness, and the men told us 
that they were on the point of returning to the 
ship without getting a glimpse of their poor mess- 
mate, when they saw his head raised above a wave 
close by; and pulling towards him, they caught 
him by the hair, and drew him into the boat. 
When brought on board he was in a most ex- 
hausted state, but the usual remedies being applied 
he recovered in the course of the night. 
