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boats, the second night after we left the ship. I think the ship went down before we lost. sight of her. After losing sight of the boats and when it was
daylight we saw a sail and made for her, but she could
not see us and went on her
course. We then tried as best
we could by the sun by day and by the Stars by night to steer about South West thinking
that would take us to the land.
us knew how the
None of land bore or how far we were from it. We had no Chart or instrument of any sort -
We parlook of as little of the provisions and water as we could. When we had been six
or seven days in the boat we sighted a vessel, at daylight and steered for her. She was standing towards us, and about ten o'clock of the first February we were picked up by the Hate barnie, baptain James Wilson, where we have been very well treated and arrived here today. The after we got.
The day
on board the
Kate learnie we fell in with the British Barque leingalese of Glasgow, bound to Melbourne.
74-H&S 4012)
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