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out into the wide Atlantic, with all hands oa 

 board. The captain finding it long before 

 his men returned, grew very apprehenfive 

 regarding their fafety. A general alarm 

 fpread throughout the bay ; and extending 

 likewife to the fliore^ multitudes foon co- 

 vered the beach, while the fhrouds, and 

 yards of the fhips, were thronged with an- 

 xious crowds looking out for the funeral 

 party. No boat appeared, and the fears refped- 

 ing the perilous fituation of the party becom- 

 ing univerfal, two fchooners w^ere difpatched 

 in fearch of them. Happily the weather 

 and the waves were moderate, or thq v/hole 

 had certainly been loft, for the boat was found 

 adrift at open fea ! Fortunately all the men 

 were in her, and were brought back in fafety 

 to the harbour, expreffing themfelves very 

 thankful for their unexpedled deliverancQ 

 from the jaws of hungry ocean. 



*A ftrong contraft, to the dangerous fitu- 

 ation of thefe poor rr en, was ofiered in the 

 repofe of fome other boats' crews, whom we 

 perceived fitting at reft in their boats, and fail- 

 ing about the harbour by means of their 

 gars ; a cuftom which we find to be commoa 



