54 PETER HEYWOOD. 
of her from his plank. The other depicts 
the survivors on the sandy quay, which was 
only ninety yards long by sixty yards wide ; 
where, under the meridian, and then vertical, 
sun, the only shelter the prisoners had, was 
to bury themselves up to their neck in the 
burning sand. They were on this miserable 
spot for nineteen days. Captain Edwards 
had tents, made from the boat sails, erected 
for himself and his people. The prisoners 
petitioned him for an old sail, part of the 
wreck, which was lying useless : but it was 
refused. He seems to have been needlessly 
severe and harsh to men, who had not yet 
been declared guilty, and who had an un- 
doubted right to the common offices of hu- 
manity and respect. But, alas! there are 
those in every age who can find no pleasure 
in showing kindness to the unfortunate. 
The only article saved by Heywood, on 
his escape from the wreck, was a Common 
Prayer Book, which, in swimming from the 
Pandora, he held between his teeth. It is a 
small edition of the year 1770. 
Peter Heywood, son of Peter John Hey- 
wood, Esq., and grandson of Mr. Heywood, 
