104 LOSS OF THE ROTIISAY CASTLE. 
both sides, to walk up the beach : but my strength failed me, 
and I was carried into the house. I drank freely of the 
spirits and water offered to me, but was almost deprived of 
power and sensation. They stripped me of my wet garments, 
and hurried me into a bed, where I was rapidly restored by 
the judicious means adopted by the good people about me. 
They put jars of hot water to m^ feet and body, and covered 
me up with the clothes : at first, an uncontrolable shivering 
came over me, but I soon fell asleep. An hour afterward I 
awoke, considerably refreshed, though my eyesight was still 
very dim. 
Remarks hy the Rev. William Scoreshy. 
The ample and unaffected details which have been given of 
the personal adventures of one of the few favored individuals 
who safely " passed through the sea," wherein so many fel- 
low-adventurers perished, are sufficient for the illustration 
of the Discourse to which they are now appended, and for 
communicating a general, yet truthful impression of the dread 
calamity. Without, therefore, recapitulating the narrative 
of the catastrophe, I shall proceed with the few particulars 
and observations on the fatal voyage, proposed to be given 
in the outset. 
The Rothsay Castle was one of the steamers employed 
during the summer, for the conveyance of passengers between 
Liverpool, Beaumaris, and Bangor. She was an old vessel, 
originally built for the Clyde ; but recently repaired and plac- 
ed upon the station, under the command of Lieutenant Atkin- 
son. Her capacity is stated at 200 tons, and she was pro- 
pelled by one engine, of about 60 horse power. The voyage 
in which she was thus employed, is usually accomplished in 
six or eight hours — ^the distance between Liverpool and Menai 
Bridge being 5 1 nautical miles. The approach to Beaumaris 
and Bangor is encumbered by an extensive bank — the Leaven 
Sand — almost filling the deep angle formed by the eastern 
promontary of Anglesey, and the western termination of the 
north coast of Wales. Between this sand, however, and the 
Isle of Anglesey, lies the channel of the Menai Strait, com- 
municating in succession with Beaumaris, Bangor, and 
Caernarvon. This strait is approached from Liverpool and 
the north by two passages, or sounds, one on either side of 
Puffin Island, which lies about the middle of the north-eastern 
entrance. From the Welch coast to the north-eastward, the 
