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334 SUFFERINGS DISASTERS. 1830
or two at n%lit, thougli working all day, while they were so
hard pressed for food.
“ 22d. Launched the shallop, or rather, hauled her down at
ow water, and let her float. 24th. Indians more troublesome
than ever; obhged to fire at them repeatedly. 27th. Almost
starred eating bullock’s hide. 30th. Nothing to eat hut bullock
s hide and berries. Could not get the shallop over the
reel because of a heavy surf.
“ May 1st. Got out to sea ; found the shallop leak very much-
nothing to eat but hide. 2d. Lat. 54°. 00'. Long. east. 63°. 50'.
5th. Made Cape Meredith (in the Falklands), but could not
get near for want of wind. 6th. Two men gave out(c) for want
ot tood: they had gone six days with but one pound of hide. 7th.
A heavy gale; the shallop under bare poles, and almost sinking;
sea making a clear breach over h er; men quite worn out by
constant pumping and baling, and by want of food: we had a
very hard job to keep her from sinking : at dusk saw land
through the rain and spray, half a mile to leeward; showed the
head of the jib, and bore away right before the wind for the
nearest part ; saw a cove, ran into it, and anchored. Killed
numbers of geese; thanked God for our safety. Ilth . Many
of our men ill from the sudden change. 17th. Went ashore in
Pleasant Harbour; saw a great number of cattle; the do»-
caught two of them, and held them for us to kill.(d) 80th of
May. Anchored in Port Louis, landed, and hauled the shallop
ashore at high-water.”
The vessel in which Brisbane and Bray were wrecked, was
driven ashore m a northerly gale, while seahng near Policarpo
Cove Their crew consisted of about twenty men, most of whom
had fire-arms, and plenty of ammunition. Though it will
swell yet more the catalogue of his disasters, I must add that
Brisbane was once wrecked on South Georgia, and escaped
thence to Monte Video in a shallop, which he and his compa-
mons in distress built out of the wreck of their sealing vesfel.
f c j Could work no longer. R. F.
rdj Seized them by the lip. He was a large, strong animal, between
a bull-dog and a mastiff. R. F. 6 . > Leu
April 1834. BURIAL o f l i e c t . c l i v e . 335
I have now by me two of the tools, almost the only ones, which
they had to use : one is a cooper’s adze, nearly worn down to
the middle ; and the other a saw, made out of a piece of iron
hoop, fixed to a wooden frame.
6th April. While the Beagle was preparing for sea the body
of Lieut. Clive,* late of H. M. S. Challenger, was found lying
at high-water mark, in an unfrequented part of Berkeley
Sound ; and the following morning I buried it in a grave on
shore, not far from the tomb of our regretted shipmate Hellyer.
After noon, on the same day, we sailed from the P’alklands,
depressed more than ever by the numerous sad associations
connected with their name.
* Lieut, Clive was drowned accidentally, by the upsetting of a small
boat;—his hody could not then be found.
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