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(illegible text)ld not be able to extricate myself: by the morest (illegible text) dent, however, I grasped something that lay in (illegible text) way, made a vigorous spring, and gained the (illegible text) shrouds. Mr. Hall who followed me, in seizing (illegible text) the shrouds, was driven against me with such (illegible text)ence, that I could scarcely retain my hold of (illegible text) rigging.
Compelled by the perilous situation in which I (illegible text)d, I called out to him for God's sake to keep (illegible text) for that I was rendered quite breathless and (illegible text)n out: he generously endeavoured to make way (illegible text) me, and, in so doing, unfortunately lost his (illegible text)d, and went down under the ship's side. Never, (illegible text)er shall I forget my sensations, at this melancholy incident-I would have given millions of worlds (illegible text)t could have recalled the words which made him (illegible text)ve; my mind was wound up to the last pitch of (illegible text)uish: I may truly say, that this was the most bitter of all the bitter moments of my life, compared with which the other circumstances of the ship-wreck seemed lessened-for I had insensibly acquired an unusual esteem and warm attachment for him, and was doubtful whether, after being even the innocent occasion of his falling, I ought to take further pains to preserve my own life. All those sensations were passing with the rapidity of lightning through mythoughts, when, as much to my astonishment as to my joy, I saw him borne by a returning wave, and thrown among the very packages from which I had but just before, with such in(illegible text)ur and difficulty, extricated myself, in the end he (illegible text)oved equally fortunate, bu , after a much longer and harder struggle, and after sustaining much more injury.
"I once more changed my station, and made my way to the poop, where I found myself rather oversheltered-I earnestly wished Mr. Hall to be
