. Alte Liefer- Tage in Boston verbracht. Schloss aus der Captain und hiswife. Für 35 Tage lebten sie auf diese Art und Weise, Jede morninghoping, die das Signal der Not, die Sie gehisst hatte würde-Trakt, Schiffe, und jede Nacht zu Enttäuschung verurteilt. Theships Farben hatten über Bord gespült worden, aber die Union Jack geblieben. Kapitän Hinckley in Streifen geschnitten, einige rote und weiße underflannels, zusammen für Streifen genäht, und befestigten sie an die Union jackto bilden die Farben. Diese Hastig improvisiert Banner Sie fliegen allday gehalten, Union nach unten. Ein oder zwei Schiffe bestanden innerhalb ihrer Reichweite, b

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. Old shipping days in Boston. castle from the captain and hiswife. For thirty-five days they lived in this manner, each morninghoping that the signal of distress which they had hoisted would at-tract passing vessels, and each night doomed to disappointment. Theships colors had been washed overboard, but the union jack remained.Captain Hinckley cut up in strips some red and white underflannels, sewed them together for stripes, and attached them to the union jackto form the colors. This hastily improvised banner they kept flying allday, union down. One or two vessels passed within their range, butfailed to see their signals. While searching the hold for stores, says Captain Hinckley, abarrel of English ale was found and divided among all hands. Oneman, however, managed to procure more than his share, and got verydrunk. His antics during the day, and his urgence that the colorsshould be kept flying all night to attract the attention of passing ves-sels, gave us a hearty fit of laughter. In the search there was also 42. OLD SHIPPING DAYS IN BOSTON found a music-box belonging to Mrs. Holmes, much injured by saltwater, but with some music still left in it. This we kept playing con-stantly, for the music was superb in our ears, and we all took turnsat winding it until its last mutilated and fragmentary tune had diedaway. In vain we tinkered with it. Its last note had fled, and wegave it a sailors burial. It was about the twentieth day on the wreck, that Mr. Baptistea, the French cook, gave notice. It had occurred to Mr. Baptistea that, by the laws of the sea, since he was wrecked and had received no wageshe could not work. The officers said that if he would not cook for >them they would build no raft for him, whereupon he set about build-ing a raft of his own. He soon decided, however, that he would resumethe cooking. A roughly constructed flat-bottomed boat was built, and Mr. Camp-bell, the chief officer, took a few men and started when the sea wassmooth to inspect an is

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