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is next to a miracle if so. And yet what lesson do they teach 

 me? If these nine men can undertake such a 'voyage, and un- 



MY LAST SIGHT OF THE RUNAWAYS. 



der such wretched circumstances, with so little preparation, why 

 should not I, having far better means, be able to accomplish mine? 

 For themselves, I added, ' God be with them !' I know not how 

 just or unjust their cause may be, but I do know that human 

 life is now at stake, and my sympathy goes with them.' " 



Before I pass from this strange occurrence, it will be better to 

 give the sequel of their history, so far as yet known, through three 

 of the wretched crew who reached Indian Harbor, Labrador. The 

 following particulars I gleaned at St. John's, Newfoundland, on 

 my way home in the fall of 1862. 



It seems that a Captain Nathan Norman, who does business in 

 Labrador, and is also a magistrate, encountered the survivors of 

 this boat's crew, and, hearing their tale, demanded from them a 

 statement in writing ; whereupon one of them, Sullivan by name, 

 drew up an account, the original of which is in my possession. 

 It was given to me by Robert Winton, Esq., editor and proprietor 

 of the St. John's Daily News, through C. 0. Leach, Esq., United 



