Accidents > Dangers of the deep, or, Narratives of shipwreck and adventure at sea

WRECK AND ESCAPE
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him with our utmost endeavours; but she
broke up and immediately went down. Thus
was that good man, and four of the mariners
drowned. I observed the master, who had
a light in his hand, fall into the sea. It was
the saddest sight I ever beheld, to see him
who had saved our lives, lose his own. 1
cannot even now look back upon it without
regret. Perhaps, had he not delayed on our
account, he might have reached the haven in
safety.
“We knew not where the rock which had
received us was situated; some of the people
before my arrival had ascertained it to be ar.
island, but uninhabited. We waited the ris¬
ing of the sun, in hopes of discovering land in
the neighbourhood. It was a long and me
laneholy night, for stones make but a hard
pillow, besides having thrown off my coat
when intending to swim, I was thinly clad
Wandering up and down the rock, I often fell
owing to its slipperiness ; and wanting shoes,
my feet were cut with the sharp stones. This
being winter time, the cold was extremely
piercing. At length we found a hole in the
rock, which sheltered us from the wind, and
then morning broke- During the twilight we