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

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obliged to remain stationary the whole of the
eleventh, hut thought themselves fortunate
in finding more rose-buds, which they con¬
sidered a great delicacy. Had they not found
them, they must have carried their project of
sacrificing one of their number into execution.
They were so unfortunate as never to find
the dead body of any animal. They saw
some otters on the ice, but were never able
to catch any of them. They also saw some
beavers’ houses, but could not succeed in
taking any of their inhabitants? On the
twelfth, they again set sail. On the thir¬
teenth, the weather became more mild, and
they had rain, which, melting the ice, forced
them to pull the boat to the land before night¬
fall came on. They searched everywhere
under the snow for their wretched fare ot
rose-hips, in vain, and they were so driven
by hunger, that they were compelled to sa¬
crifice the candles, which they had reserved
for stopping the leaks of their boat, to the
calls of hunger; this sufficed as a partial re¬
lief, but the future still filled them with dis¬
may. For two days they made a few miles
only, going on shore and searching for rose¬
hips in vain. Their dreadful situation now