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(22) to which he replied, he feared there was not they could only discover the black face of the pendicular rock, and not the cavern which afed shelter to those who escaped; they then reted to the round-house, and Mr. Rogers hun the lamp, and Captain Pierce, with his great  on, sat down between his two daughters, and sgled to suppress the parental tear which then  into his eye.

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

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

Mr. Rogers and Mr. Brimer both however reed the cavern, and scrambled up the rock; on  row shelves of which they fixed themselves, Mr. gers got so near to his friend Mr. Meriton as to change congratulations with him, but he was vented from joining him at least 20 men were between them, neither of whom could n without immediate peril of his life.