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 with water, and which afterwards proved their eatest supply.

Captain Fellowes, three ladies, captain Thomas of the navy, and fourteen others, ked in the cutter, twenty feet long, and two six inches deep, and brought her gunwale  within six or seven inches of the water. The master, lieutenant-colonel Cooke of the ards, and nine others, took to the jolly-boat, rteen feet long, five feet three inches deep.

Their provisions, &c., consisted of between ty and fifty pounds of biscuit; the demi-jean th five gallons of water, a small jug of the e, part of a small barrel of spruce beer, a mi-jean of rum, a few bottles of port wine; compasses, a quadrant, and spy glass; a all tin mug, and a wine glass; a tinder-box,  deck lanthorn, and candles, and some matches, t in a bladder (by which they were enabled  steer by night), and a few nails and tools. one was permitted to take more than a great t or a blanket, with the clothes on his back.

It was agreed that their allowances should be ed out with the greatest economy, at the rate half a biscuit and a glass of wine each per nty-four hours; and that the water should be t in reserve. The trapawling of the main chway, which had been thrown into the boat, cut into lengths to form a bulwark against  waves, and proved of great service to them. yers were regularly said by one of the ladies.

Their bag of biscuit got damaged by salt-water, ch made it necessary to curtail their allowance