It was deemed expedient for each boat to make its own way out of the surf, as it was found impossible to hoist any canvas, so as to command either.* After they had accomplished this task of peril, they approached each other, and the pinnace being the stronger vessel of the two, took the longboat in tow, which contained all the little provision they had saved and as she was half full of water, and almost in a sinking state, humanity and policy combined to show the necessity of keeping both the boats together, in case of an accident occurring to either of them.

Having at length arranged this, and the longboat being properly in tow, Baxter, who had the command of the pinnace, steered S. W. or from that to W. S. W., being the direct course for the land; and he was able to make his observations and calculations with more certainty, as he had had the good fortune to preserve his quadrant.

Saved.-W. Corallis, steward.

Robert Darge, seaman.

Robert Carey, boy.

Robert Hodge, seaman.

Henry Youlden, ditto.

Robert Hanham, ditto.

Starved.-John Copeland, ditto.

Jacob Allen, cook.

** It may be proper to notice that the helpless party left the Stirling Castle on Sunday, May 22, 1836, between 4 and 5 o'clock P. M.

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At times, he was obliged to go before the wind, and after falling in with a number of reefs, (chiefly coral,) the fragile barks reached Cumberland Island,* on the fifth day after their leaving the ship to her unhappy destiny, being Friday, May 27th. It is worthy of observation, that during this dangerous voyage, the crew of the pinnace were obliged to exchange with that of the long-boat alternately, in order to assist in baling out the water, as but for this arrangement the latter must have sunk.t

During the five days' voyage, they were driven

* Cumberland Island owes it name to Capt. Cook, who so designated it in the year 1770. It is one of a group of islands lying near the N. E. coast, considerably north of the territory of New South Wales, and forms a passage to what was called by the immortal circumnavigator, Whit-Sunday passage, lat. 20° 10' S., long. 149° 10′ E.

+ About three days after they had left the rock, the weather became cloudy; and owing to the wind freshening, and ultimately becoming boisterous, the long-boat began to work upon her seams, which had recently been repaired with a mixture of soap, &c. as already described, and they began to open again. The balers at first took alternate turns for two hours, but it became necessary that they should be relieved more frequently. They reduced the time to half an hour; and finding their strength quite inadequate to this task, they at length laded 20 buckets each, in rotation, at "a spell." At last they became so weak that they could not hoist a bucket of water to the boat's side, and two hands were forced to be engaged for that purpose, the top man being lashed to the boat to keep him from falling.

upon several reefs, so that occasionally the men were obliged to get out of the boats to lift them over, by which their feet suffered severely from the coral and flints, which cut like knives. They landed on a fine sandy beach, at Cumberland Island. Being greatly fatigued from the want of sleep and other causes, a consultation was held as to what should be done, when it was agreed on all hands that they should forthwith partake of some of the provisions which they had preserved from the wreck.

A new difficulty now presented itself-how were they to kindle a fire? One of the party obtained two pieces of the clothing of a tree called "iron bark," and by rubbing them together, they soon ignited, and a large fire was made, and the cook set to work to broil half a piece of pork, (about four lbs.) which was to be equally divided among the whole number, consisting at this time of twenty persons; it was also settled that a handful of biscuit should serve two persons. While the dinner strongest went to

was cooking, a party of the seek for water in the crevices and clefts of the rocks, no one having tasted of that salutary beverage for four or five days, and they were fortunate enough to procure about three gallons, which was a matter of great rejoicing to them all. After having partaken of their scanty repast, they proceeded to get the things out of the boats, and