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

ST. LAWKENCE.
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as the snow lay in great depth. Two days
more they waited, when, on the ninth of
January, the wind blew off the land, and the
sea was perfectly clear. The force of the
wind, however, prevented their proceeding
until the eleventh. They launched their boat
with difficulty from their reduced strength
and want of nourishment. They made a
tolerable course, until they saw a very high
point before them which they estimated at a
distance of seven leagues. The coast ap¬
peared one continued precipice, so that it ap¬
peared not possible to effect a landing, until
they reached the extreme point of the cape.
The passage seemed dangerous, and the least
change of wind must have driven them upon
the rocks. Danger was, however, no stranger
to these unfortunate men. They kept two
oars going, and two of the hands were con¬
stantly employed in baling. They reached
the headland about eleven o’clock at night,
but could find no place to land, and were
obliged to keep along the coast until two o’clock
in the morning, when the wind increased, and
having a stormy beach in view, they thought
it prudent to land. They got out their pro¬
visions, but could not haul up the boat from
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