Identifier: tragedyofseasors00ellm (find matches)
Title: The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine ..
Year: 1841 (1840s)
Authors: Ellms, Charles
Subjects: Shipwrecks
Publisher: New York, Collins, Keese & Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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aved the woman, whowas nearly dead ; but, after using the means which are gener-ally adopted, she revived. The cutter stood for the shore,where she landed the survivors, except the last woman ; Cap-tain Dyer and myself sitting up all night, endeavoring tobring her to, which we did. I cannot conclude without expressing my sincere thanksfor the kindness we experienced from the inhabitants of theislands ; to Miss S. Crocket, for supplying the females withshoes and other articles ; and to persons whom I did notknow; at Vinal Haven, to the Messrs. Thomas, brothers,vi^ho were very kind ; and also to Captain Dyer, for takingthe females to his house and dressing their wounds. AtThomaston, Mr. Allen, of the marble works, and others,treated us extremely well, subscribing to assist me in gettingtjie females to Portland by the stage. Such a dreadful sacrifice of life I think has never oc-exirred before, through neglect and want of coolness andcourage on the part of those who had the management of
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AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIONS WHICH WERE BURNT. 303 the boat. But let me conclude with David^s 60ih psalm,—^Our God shall come, and shall not Jceep silence; a fire shalldevour before him, and. it shall he very tempestuous roundabout him. The rare and valuable collection of living animals whichcomposed Messrs. Macomber, Welsh, and Co.s menagerie,and which were all destroyed by this melancholy accident,were mostly collected by hunting parties, sent from theCape of Good Hope into the interior of South Africa. Theparties, which consisted of fifty or more in number, weresometimes six months on an expedition to the hunting-grounds, so that the enormous expense in procuring themwill be readily perceived. We will give a few authenticsketches and anecdotes of the most noted. The lions were taken from the den, when but two orthree months old, by a party of Messrs. Welsh and Macom-bers hunters in South Africa, and sent to this country. Theparty consisted of thirty-six Bushmen, Boors, Hottentots,and

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