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

42 LOSS OP THE
A passerfger in the vessel was unaccounted
for upon numbering the survivors of the
ship’s company; it was now recollected he
had fallen asleep in the ship and been
frozen to death. His name was Green. One
man, the carpenter, already mentioned, still
remained on board ; they could make no ef¬
fort to save him that day, but determined to
make the attempt on the following one. The
luxury of a fire was great, but the want of
shelter was still terribly felt: and hunger be¬
gan to assail them in addition to their former
miseries. Those whose limbs were frost-bitten
were not the only sufferers, many had most
painful sores from the action of the frost.
The next morning, all who possessed
strength sufficient repaired to the beach to
try whether there was any means of deliver¬
ing the carpenter from his perilous situation
They could still hear his voice in the vessel,
but the sea ran as high as ever, and the boat
could not swim if launched. They were ob¬
liged to wait until the tide was out, and then
they with difficulty persuaded him to leave
the ship in the way the others had done.
For two days more, the seventh and eighth,
the wind blew as hard and piercing as ever,