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Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul cliche, il est filmd d partir de Tangle sup^rieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images n6cessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. by errata ned to lent une pelure, fapon d 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 NARRATIVE or THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF 'I WV>^ fmm of i^( ^^ckm of ^^tt^fi^c, 'VmECXSD Oir TBE coast or XASlliiDOllB, WHO HAD BOTH HIS LEGS AND ARMS AMPUTATED FOR THE THIRD TIME. BY UDES. (D®mKIIHIE)iiIl.ffi AMID (GOTHIf , OF QLASGOW. EDITED BY JAMES SMITH, ESQ., OF JOROANHILL. GREENOCK: PRINTED FOR NEIL DEWAR. 1843. , 'v:^ Price Sixpence, I i: oi tl C lu I at oi C( T I Ic fc Ol ^ PRINTED BY JOHN MALCOW, GREENOCK. tl t NARRATIVE, &c. I was born at Locligilphead, in Argyllshire, in the year 1793. My father, who was a wright in the employment of Mr M'Neill of Oakfield, wished to bring me up to his own trade, but my inr^'nation for the sea was so strong, that after a few months, I bound myself apprentice to Captain M'Lachlan of the brig Lord Collingwood, be- longing to Greenock. Having served my apprenticeship, I engaged in the Robust, Captain Landells, for Jamaica, at which place I was impressed into the Navy, and put on board the Cleopatra frigate. Captain Gill, where I continued three years cruizing off the Spanish Main. This frigate was ordered home, and for two years after I served in several of his Majesty's ships, when I was at length paid off from the Sophia sloop of war, at Dept- ford. Having again returned to Greenock, I embarked on board the Montreal, Captain Rayside, of that port, for Montreal, in Canada. Here, I and four of the crew, entered on board the schooner Rebecca, Captain Maxwell, about to sail for the coast of Labradore, for a cargo of fish, and after- wards to proceed to Cadiz. We accordingly sailed for Cape Charles, where we took in part of our cargo, and returned to Quebec to take in some other goods. We ttg&in sailed from thence, on the 8th of October, 1816 ; and, as the vessel was not full, Captain Maxwell intend- ed to complete his cargo with fish at Cape Charles. On the 17th November, we were off the harbour of that place; but a heavy gale coming on, blowing right out of the harbour, and the entrance being very narrow, we could not carry sail to beat the vessel in, we hoisted the JElnsign« Union down, as a signal of distress, but the in- habitants made us a signal to reply, that they could afford us no assistance ; and being on the larboard tack, we ran along shore E.N.E. a few leagues farther ; the gale still increasing, we were obliged to heave the vessel to, about six o'clock, the same evening. We lay to for the long space of three days, the gale blowing tremen- dously, accom{)anied with heavy falls of snow. On the 20th, the wind shifted from N.E. to N. W". and it became necessary to bear up, for the purpose of clearing the land ; we bore up, accordingly, about seven in the even- ing, and ran under bare poles till near midnight. The night was completely dark, and the gale continued with unabated fury, with heavy showers of hail and sleet. Being now off Cape Norman, in the Straits of Belleisle, the starboard watch being now on deck, the man who was keeping a look-out forward, was heard cry to the watch below, <* Bear a hand upon dock men, for we are close upon a rock." No sooner had he uttered these words, then the vessel struck with a tremendous crash ; she then recoiled, and on continuing to strike, both of the mas' ^ fell over the side, close by the deck. Nothing could be more dreadful than our situation at this rao« ment ; our vessel was fast filling with water, and the sea broke over her with such vioionce, that we expected every instant she would be dashed to pieces. We could discern the land covered with snow, about n gun-shot a-head, and in order to reach it, the jolly- boat, which was stowed inside of the long-boat, was launched overboard, but was swamped and sunk a)oirg< side. Mr Thomson, a passenger, and two of tie crew, then attempted to reach ttie shore by a boltsprit, but a heavy sea instautly swept them off, and they perished. Soon after, the boltsprit it&elf was carried away, loosen- ing the stemhead, and tearing up the forecastle. Iti ;v few minutes, the vessel filled and wenf down, by tin* head; the keel still resting upon the ro^ ., left the tatV- rail above the water; the survivors now got into the long-boat, and the gripes which fastened her, haviiit^ been previously cut, she drove clear of the wreck, and reached the shore in safety, but immediately went to pieces: I was dashed against the rocks and ice, with which it was environed, with such violence, as to be completely stunned, and lay for some time insensible. On recovering myself, I found both my knees and elbows severely wounded, but contriving to clamber to an enii- rionce out of the reach of the sea. The spot on vhich we were thrown, was a small island, not 'nore thr.n a quarter of a mile in circumference, completely covered with ice and snow, and affording its neither provision, nor shelter from the storm, which continued to rage with unabated violence. Our spirits were somewhat revived when the day dawned, at find- ing the jolly-boat had been thrown ashore without much damage ; we crept under her, and although we could not prevent the wind blowing under the gunnel, she af- forded us a certain degree of shelter, and we were sup- ported by the hopo that she would afford as the means of escap^; when the gale should abate. The only sustenance afforded from the wreck, was a cask of cherry brandy ; on opening it, it was found frozen into a solid mass ; we broke it, and constantly kept a piece of it in our mouths. We remained in this dreadful situation three days and three nights ; during which time, the mate and two of the men perished from cold and hunger. We buried them, and the bodies of the two sailors who were dashed off the boltsprit, which were thrown ashore, in the snow. On the morning of the 24th, the gale had greatly abated, and we determined to attempt to reach the coast of Newfoundland, which is about two leagues to leeward. The Island on which we were wrecked, is named Duck Island, and is situated in the Straits of Bellcisle, which separates Labradore from Newfoundland. At nine o'clock in the morning, Captain Maxwell, Charles Don- aldson, Richard M*Fie and myself, the only survivors of our crew, embarked in the jolly-boat; as we had only one oar, we were obliged to run before the wind, and to land upon whatever spot we might be driven. In about three hours we reached the land, hut the surf ran so high, that the boat instantly filled, and Captain Maxwell was swept into deep water. From the state of my wounds I could give no assistance, but Donaldson and M^Fie succeeded in bringing him to the beach. He remained speechless for a few moments, then dropping down, and giving a deep sigh, bade a last adieu to his fellow-sufferers. In vain did we lament our helpless condition — in vain did we look in every direction fur an asylum to our houseless heads, — surrounded on the one side by a barren wilderness, and on the other by inland lakes and rivers. Oonaldsoij and M'Fie, compelled by hunger, left me in f^. '1- '\ tlie erening, while they went in search of some Bubsitt- enco or place of refuge, promising to return, if in life, the following (lay. Being unable, owing to my wonndeJ knees and elbows, to go with them ; I sat down by the remains of my Captain, brooding over my helpless situ- ation ; the night freezing very hard, with strong easterly wind. Now again the day appearing in the east, after passing a long and dangerous night, expecting every moment to be devoured by some wild be