INTRODUCTION. 



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ors, and a detachment of the Irifh regiment 

 of Clare, who did duty on board, was tofled 

 about by the winds for more than twelve 

 hours* By their frequent (hi fting flie wae 

 driven quite round the ifland, and at length 

 caft, in a moft miraculous manner, upon 

 the only part of the coaft where men in 

 fuch a violent ftorm could fave their lives. 

 What renders thefe difafters more diftrefling 

 is, the impoflibility of their mutually af- 

 fifling each other* They muft remain mo- 

 tionlefs amidft: the ruins by which they are 

 furrounded ; they niuft patiently wait for 

 their fate, without being able to forefee or 

 avoid it. The violence and fury of the 

 wind prevent them from quitting the fhel- 

 ter they have chofen, or the place into 

 which they have been driven* 



The hurricane continued eighteen hours 

 without intermiflion, and with equal vio- 

 lence. Neither the large quantities of rain 

 c 3 which 



