William Shakespeare Hall

“ When I came to the surface I looked around & saw the boy O'Grady still on his tree. I found it was useless to attempt to get back, so being an able swimmer struck out for the land the direction of which we were all cognizant of. I soon found that my limbs were so benumbed that it was useless attempting to swim & the seas going continually over me that I determined to just support myself in the water & allow the wind & sea to drift me ashore. ”

“ John Brockman swam ashore with the natives to keep them from swamping the dingy. I did not see the boy O'Grady after I last saw him clinging to the tree. O'Grady senior, after landing, went immediately to look for his son, when not finding him, he returned & we all made our way to the hills. We being all naked, cold, hungry & exhausted the natives dug pits into the sand which we got into. ”

“ We all followed the natives in good order & struck out for the land. We very quicky swam through the mangroves, when finding all the country was under water after swimming from the mangroves a short distanc e— I remarked to O'Grady senior, that we had better go back to the mangroves & have a spell, which we did. We remained there for some time being uncertain how far it was to land. We were now shifting from tree to tree as each tree we were on got submerged. The tide now began to rise rapidly - the wind being with the tide. ”