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 to which he replied, he feared there was not, they could only diſcover the black face of the perpendicular rock, and not the cavern which afforded ſhelter to thoſe who eſcaped; they then returned to the round houſe, and Mr. Rogers hung up the lamp, and Captain Pierce, with his great  on, ſat down between his two daughters, and ſtruggled to ſuppreſs the parental tear which then  into his eye.

The ſea continuing to break in very faſt, Mr M'Manus, a midſhipman, and Mr. Schutz, a paſſenger, aſked Mr. Rogers what they could do to eſcape, who replied, "follow me." and they then all went into the ſtern gallery, and from thence by the weather upper quarter gallery upon the poop, and whilſt they were there a very heavy fez fell on board and the round-houſe gave way, and he heard the ladies shriek at intervals, as if the water had reached them, the noiſe of the ſea at other times drowning their voices.

Mr. Brimer had followed Mr. Rogers to the poop, where they had remained together about five minutes, when on the coming on of the laſt mentioned ſea, they jointly ſeized a hen-coop, and the ſame wave which he apprehended proved fatal to ſome of thoſe who remained below, happily carried him and his companion to the rock, on which they were daſhed with ſuch violence as to be miſerably bruiſed and hurt.

Mr. Rogers and Mr. Brimer both however reached the cavern, and ſcrambled up the rock; on narrow ſhelves of which they fixed themſelves, Mr. Rogers got ſo near to his friend Mr. Meriton as to exchange congratulations with him, but he was prevented from joining him by at leaſt 20 men who were between them, neither of whom could move without immediate peril of his life,