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a party of our people managed to get on shore. We found the 

 larboard side of the Rescue badly stove, but the Georgiana, by be- 

 ing in a much less exposed place, was perfectly tight, and com- 

 paratively uninjured. Her crew soon afterward took possession 

 of her again, and ultimately she was got off the rocks, and once 

 more anchored in deep water. 



As for the Rescue, after a careful examination, it was found she 

 was too far damaged to be repaired with any means at our com- 

 mand. Accordingly, it was determined to totally abandon her ; 

 and this was put in execution the following day by clearing her 

 hold of all the contents, and saving whatever was valuable of her 

 material. 



I went on shore to examine what remained of the schooner, 

 and also to look after my expedition boat. I found my boat to- 

 tally wrecked, nothing remaining but the stern-post fast to a 

 three-inch cable. It appeared that during a part of the gale she 

 had been driven high up on the rocks, and though the Georgianals 

 crew endeavored to save her by additional fastenings, her fate was 

 sealed. The tempestuous elements would not allow her to escape, 

 and she was broken to pieces in the fury of the storm. 



I need not say how much I grieved at the loss of my boat. To 

 me it was irreparable, and for a time I was nearly overcome by 

 the blow ; but I reasoned that all things were for the best in the 

 hands of a good Providence, and I therefore bent submissively to 

 His will. 



The natives who had been on board of the Georgiana were on 

 the island when I landed. They had found the sail of my boat, 

 and turned it to account as a shelter, and now were as happy and 

 merry as though nothing unusual had occurred. 



The Rescue, when I examined her, was high and dry on the 

 rocks, with her bottom stove in. I mounted her side (her decks 

 were inclining to the shore at an angle of 45°); I entered her cab- 

 in, looked into her hold, and again descended outside, going un- 

 der and around her. Then, as I gazed at her battered hull, griev- 

 ing at the end she had come to, what a number of interesting as- 

 sociations crowded upon my mind. She had been of the " United 

 States' Grinnell Expedition" in search of Sir John Franklin in 

 1850-1, being the consort of the Advance, in which latter vessel 

 Dr. Kane afterward made that memorable voyage (the second 

 Grinnell Expedition) in search of Franklin in 1853-5. The Res- 

 cue's quondam consort, after having given forth freely of its 



