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

314 WRECK OP THE DODDINGTON
in 339 44' south latitude, and distant about
250 leagues east of the Cape of Good Hope.
Here were now met, Mr. Evan Johns, chief-
mate; Mr. John Cottes, Mr. William Webb,
and Mr. S. Powell, second, third, and fifth
mates ; Richard Topping, carpenter ; Neil
Bothwell, and Nathaniel Chisholm, quarter¬
masters ; Daniel Ladova, captain’s steward;
Henry Sharp, the surgeon’s servant; Thomas
Arnold, a black, and John M’Dowal, ser¬
vants to the captain; Robert Beaseley, John
Ding, Gilbert Cain, Terence Mole, Jonas Ro-
senbury, John Glass, Taylor, and Hen¬
drick Scantz, seamen; John Yets, midship¬
man ; John Lister, Ralph Smith, and Edward
Dysoy, matrosses. These persons, being
twenty-three in number, were the whole sur¬
viving of 270 souls that were on board when
the ship struck.
Their first care was to search for some
covering among the things thrown on the
rocks from the ship, in which they succeeded
beyond expectation. The next article of ne¬
cessity which they felt the want of, was fire,
which was not so easily supplied. Some of
their number made an unsuccessful attempt
to kindle two pieces of wood, by rubbing