George Fletcher Moore

“ By the above account the mind is left in a state of painful suspense and uncertainty, from which it is naturally desirous to be relieved. The situation of a poor solitary mariner thus left strugging in the surf on a remote and savage coast is one of such deep and general sympathy, that I am sure any information, however scanty, which is calculated to throw any light upon his fate, will meet with a corresponding interest. ”

“ A recent visit to that part of the coast has afforded an excellent opportunity of gleaning the following particulars:— poor Vasse did escape from the waves but enfeebled as he was with the sickness and exhaustion by his struggles, exposed to the fury of the storm unsheltered and apparently abandoned among the savages, perhaps he would have thought death a preferable lot. ”

“ Thus he continued to live for some time, but for what length of time I have not yet been able to ascertain. He seems to have remained most constantly on the beach looking out for the return of his own ship, or the chance arrival of some other. ”