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

320 WRECK OP PHE DODDINGTON
service over it, from a French prayer-book,
which had driven ashore from the wreck
along with the deceased.
Having thus paid the last tribute to one of
their unfortunate number, and concealed from
Mr. Collet a sight which would have most sen¬
sibly, if not fatally, affected him, some days
afterwards they found means gradually to dis¬
close what they had done, and to restore
him the wedding-ring, which they had taken
from her finger. He received it with great
emotion, and in future spent many days in
raising a monument over the grave, by piling
up the squarest stones he could find, and fix¬
ing an elm plank on the top, inscribed with
her name, her age, and the time of her death,
and also some account of the fatal accident
by which it was occasioned.
On Monday, the 21st of July, more water
and pork, as likewise some timber, plank,
cordage, and canvass, were recovered. These
the survivors joyfully secured for the pro¬
jected boat, though yet in want of many im¬
plements indispensible for the carpenter pro¬
ceeding with his work. He had just finished
a saw, though he had neither hammer nor
nails. It happened, however, that one of the