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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Wreck on the Andamans + +Author: Joseph Darvall + +Release Date: March 22, 2009 [EBook #28388] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WRECK ON THE ANDAMANS *** + + + + +Produced by Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading +Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from +images generously made available by The Internet +Archive/American Libraries.) + + + + + + +</pre> + + + + + +<h1 class="padtop">THE WRECK<br /> + +<span class="tinyfont">ON</span><br /> + +THE ANDAMANS:</h1> + +<p class="center">BEING</p> + +<p class="center smlpadt">A NARRATIVE OF THE VERY REMARKABLE PRESERVATION,<br /> +AND ULTIMATE DELIVERANCE, OF THE SOLDIERS<br /> +AND SEAMEN, WHO FORMED THE SHIPS’ COMPANIES OF<br /> +THE RUNNYMEDE AND BRITON TROOP-SHIPS, BOTH<br /> +WRECKED ON THE MORNING OF THE 12TH OF NOVEMBER,<br /> +1844, UPON ONE OF THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS, IN<br /> +THE BAY OF BENGAL.</p> + +<p class="center padtop"><i>TAKEN FROM AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS</i></p> + +<p class="center">BY</p> + +<h2>JOSEPH DARVALL, Esq.</h2> + +<p class="center smlpadt"><i>At the request of</i></p> + +<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Capt. CHARLES INGRAM, and Capt. HENRY JOHN HALL,</span></p> + +<p class="center"><i>Owners of the Runnymede.</i></p> + +<p class="center">————</p> + +<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Poem extract"> + <tr> + <td class="tdl"> +“The dangers of the sea,<br /> +All the cares and all the fears,<br /> +When the stormy winds do blow.”<br /> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td class="tdr"> +(<i>Song.</i>) + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<p class="center">————</p> + +<p class="center smlpadt">LONDON:<br /> +PELHAM RICHARDSON, 23, CORNHILL.<br /> +——<br /> +1845.</p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<p class="center padtop padbase">PELHAM RICHARDSON, PRINTER, 23, CORNHILL.</p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="60%" summary="Table of contents"> + <tr> + <td class="tdl">PREFACE.</td> + <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_iii">iii</a></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td class="tdl">THE DEPARTURE.</td> + <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td class="tdl">THE WRECK.</td> + <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td class="tdl">THE DELIVERANCE.</td> + <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td class="tdl">CONCLUSION.</td> + <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_69">69</a></td> + </tr> +</table> + + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_iii" id="Page_iii">[iii]</a></span></p> + +<h2>PREFACE.</h2> + + +<p>The Author, owing to circumstances, has +had access to authentic documents and +facts, relating to one of the most remarkable +shipwrecks which have ever happened, +that of the troop-ships Runnymede +and Briton, on the morning of the +12th of November, 1844, upon one of +the Andaman Islands.</p> + +<p>In reading these, it struck him forcibly, +that the circumstances, if thrown +into the shape of a narrative, would +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_iv" id="Page_iv">[iv]</a></span> +form not only an interesting publication, +but would serve as a monument of the +cool intrepidity and judicious presence +of mind of British officers, soldiers, and +seamen, in a time of remarkable trial.</p> + +<p>They also tend to illustrate in a very +striking manner the correctness of the +classic and poetical description of the +“dangers of the sea,” contained in that +passage of Scripture, which the Author +has often observed to be listened to with +great interest, when read in its course, in +the churches of our seaports, and which, +on that account, he makes no apology +for quoting in a work, not professedly +religious.</p> + +<p>“They that go down to the sea in +ships, and occupy their business in +great waters; these men see the works +of the Lord, and his wonders in the +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_v" id="Page_v">[v]</a></span> +deep. For at his word the stormy +wind ariseth, which lifteth up the +waves thereof. They are carried up +to the heaven, and down again to the +deep: their soul melteth away because +of the trouble. They reel to +and fro, and stagger like a drunken +man: and are at their wits’ end. +So when they cry unto the Lord in +their trouble, he delivereth them out +of their distress. For he maketh the +storm to cease: so that the waves +thereof are still. Then are they glad +because they are at rest; and so he +bringeth them unto the haven where +they would be.”<a name="FNanchor_A_1" id="FNanchor_A_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_A_1" class="fnanchor">[A]</a></p> + + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a name="Footnote_A_1" id="Footnote_A_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_A_1"><span class="label">[A]</span></a> Psalm cvii., v. 23-30, Com. Pr. Book.</p> +</div> + + +<p>If this little work should answer the +author’s intention by proving entertaining +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vi" id="Page_vi">[vi]</a></span> +as well as instructive, he will feel +that he has been rewarded for the pains +he has taken in compiling it.</p> + +<p class="sig2"><i>Reading,</i><br /> +<i>July, 1845.</i></p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span></p> + +<h1 class="padtop">THE<br /> +WRECK ON THE ANDAMANS.</h1> + + + +<h2 class="padtop">THE DEPARTURE.</h2> + +<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Poem extract"> + <tr> + <td class="tld"> +“O’er the smooth bosom of the faithless tides,<br /> +Propelled by gentle gales, the vessel glides.” + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td class="tdr"> +<i>Falconer.</i> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + + +<p>The gallant Barque the Runnymede, of +507 tons burthen, commanded by Captain +William Clement Doutty, an experienced seaman, +and the property of Messrs. Hall & Co. +and Ingram of Riches-court, Lime-street, +London, being a remarkably staunch river-built +vessel of the A 1 or first class, left +Gravesend on the 20th of June, 1844, bound +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span> +for Calcutta. She had on board a general +cargo and a crew of twenty-eight persons, +including officers. She also carried out, on +account of the Honourable East India Company, +thirty-eight soldiers, with two women +and one child, belonging to Her Majesty’s +10th Regiment of Foot, and also Captain +Stapleton, Ensigns Venables, Du Vernett, and +Purcell, and one hundred and five soldiers, +ten women, and thirteen children, belonging +to Her Majesty’s 50th Regiment of Foot. +The whole of the military were under the +command of Captain Stapleton; the medical +officer was Mr. Bell, the surgeon of the +vessel.</p> + +<p>Every thing proceeded in the same manner +as is usual on voyages in the same course, +till they arrived south of the Tropics. The +only casualty they met with was the death +of William Bryant, a private of the 10th, +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span> +on the 12th of July. He had suffered from +sea-sickness ever since his embarkation. His +body was committed to the deep the same +evening, with the customary ceremonies. +The principal amusements of the officers and +crew were fishing, shark-catching, booby +and pigeon shooting, and playing at backgammon. +There were also on board the +ship, books provided for the use of those +who were disposed to read. The hour of +dinner was four o’clock.</p> + +<p>On arriving south of the Tropics, the +wind, instead of backing to the westward, +blew almost constantly from the north-east +and east-north-east; and when it occasionally +got to the westward of north, it always +fell light, contrary to the usual course; and +so it continued until it got to the westward, +and then it freshened. In consequence of +the delay occasioned by this state of things, +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span> +and the near approach of the north-east +monsoon, the captain, on the 21st of October, +resolved to call at Penang, for the +purpose of taking in an additional supply +of water and other necessaries. They accordingly +steered their course thither. On +the 24th they saw the Island of Sumatra, +bearing east-north-east about eight leagues. +On the 26th, in the forenoon, they saw Pulo +Rondo, bearing east-south-east, and on the +29th, at half-past two o’clock in the afternoon, +the ship anchored in safety off Fort +Cornwallis, in the roads of Penang, or Pulo +Penang, the word Pulo signifying an island. +Penang is sometimes called Prince of Wales’s +Island. It is on the coast of Queda. Its +capital is George Town. The East-India +Company first formed a settlement here in +1786.</p> + +<p>At Penang they remained till Sunday, the +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span> +3d of November, busily engaged in taking +in sixty-one casks or about thirty tons of +water, and other necessaries, and various articles +of merchandize on account of cargo. +They found lying here Her Majesty’s ship +Dido, commanded by the Honourable Captain +Keppel.</p> + +<p>Immediately on the arrival of the Runnymede, +Captain Doutty and Mr. Bell, together +with Captain Stapleton and Ensign Du +Vernett, went on shore, it being the duty of +the latter to report themselves to the proper +authorities.</p> + +<p>It was agreed, that after the parties had +accomplished their business, they should +meet at the best hotel in the place and dine +together. This understanding led to the following +entertaining incidents. On landing, +the parties stepped into palanquin-carriages. +The Captain and the Doctor went one way, and +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span> +their military friends, another. After finishing +their business, the Captain and his companion +went in quest of their friends, desiring +the Malay boy, who had charge of their +carriage, to take them to the hotel. The +lad replied, “I stand,” and off they set. +After a number of turns and windings, +amongst most beautiful scenery, they arrived +in front of a very well planned house, and +were told by their conductor “this was +house.” They thought it remarkable that a +hotel should be in such a retired situation. +However, upstairs they ran, and sure enough +they found their military friends there.</p> + +<p>They were congratulating them upon their +good quarters, when a lady appeared, to whom +they were introduced as the lady of the +commandant, whose house it was, and were +speedily convinced of their mistake, which +produced a hearty laugh. They then, by +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span> +signs, tried to make their palanquin-boys +comprehend that it was a hotel they wanted, +and not a private house. These said they +understood “Master,” and away they all +four went towards the town. At a short distance +from this the boys stopped at another +large building, which appeared more like a +hotel than the former. They questioned the +lads as to this house, who replied, “All +right,” so they entered. They met an old +gentleman, who requested them to pass into +an inner room, where he introduced them to +Captain Keppel, who received them most +kindly. Their introducer proved to be Captain +Quin, of Her Majesty’s ship Minden, +who was on his way home on sick leave in +the Dido, and the mansion proved to be the +Admiralty-house. Captain Keppel, with +great kindness, invited the party to a ball +and supper, to be given by him on the +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span> +following evening, to the inhabitants of Penang, +previously to his sailing for England.</p> + +<p>On leaving the Admiralty-house, the party +were directed to a place little better than a +booth, and denominated by the natives a +punch-house, a name given to all low +taverns in India, but which was dignified +with the name of “The Albion Hotel.” In +the only sitting-room of this place they found +the officers of the Dido at dinner. Of this +meal they would have been disappointed, +had not those gentlemen kindly invited them +to partake of their fare, which consisted +principally of curries of various kinds. So +poorly was the place furnished that no two +articles were alike; chairs, plates, dishes, +glasses, knives and forks, were all odd ones, +of different colours and sizes. The badness +of this accommodation arises from the circumstance +that those who call at the island +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span> +are hospitably entertained, during their stay, +at the houses of those residents to whom +they happen to be introduced. For this +reason a good hotel cannot be supported. +After the dinner, which went off with a good +deal of fun and mirth, some of the party +“chartered ponies for a cruise” in the interior +of the island. Penang is remarkable +for piebald ponies.</p> + +<p>The next evening the party from the Runnymede +repaired to the admiralty-house, +pursuant to invitation, and were hospitably +received by Captain Keppel and his officers. +There they met the whole of the respectable +inhabitants of the island, both civil and military, +with their families. The rooms were +handsomely decorated, and dancing was kept +up with great spirit, enlivened by the harmonious +strains of Captain Keppel’s private +band. This was succeeded, at midnight, by +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span> +a champagne supper, which, for excellence, +might have borne a comparison with any +civic entertainment in London. Between +three and four in the morning the ladies +began to move off, and some of the youngsters, +by way of further amusement, sat +down to a second supper. At daylight the +Dido was apeak, under all sails, and by +eight o’clock, was leading down the north +channel with skysails set for Old England. +Her captain and officers carried with them +the good wishes of all they left behind at +Penang.</p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span></p> + +<h2>THE WRECK.</h2> + +<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Poem extract"> + <tr> + <td class="tdl"> +“The wind blew hard, the sea ran high,<br /> +The dingy scud drove ’cross the sky,<br /> +Down topsails, boys, the gale comes on,<br /> +To strike top-gallant-yards they run.” + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td class="tdr"> +<i>Dibdin.</i> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + + +<p>At 9 o’clock, <small>A. M.</small>, of Sunday, the 3d of +November, 1844, the Runnymede weighed +from Penang-roads with a light southerly +wind, and made sail through the north +channel. At noon the wind came in from +seaward. At midnight, on Monday the 4th, +she was abreast of the Ladda Islands, with +a barque in company. On Friday, the 8th, +the weather was unsettled, with heavy rain. +All the small sails were stored, and the royal +yards sent down. At noon the sun was +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span> +obscured. Saturday, the 9th, the breeze increased, +with every appearance of bad weather. +Took in the top-gallant sails, and +reefed the topsails, and took in the jib and +spanker. At noon the sun was obscured. +Sunday, 10th, the barometer falling fast, +with the gale increasing, close reefed the +topsails. At noon heavy gusts. The courses +were taken in and furled. At 6 the fore-topsail +was taken in, and the ship hove-to +under the main topsail and the main trysail. +All the sails were re-secured, the top-gallant +yards sent down, and everything prepared +for the storm, which it was evident was now +approaching. At noon the sun was again +obscured, the latitude being, by log, 11° 6″ +north, and the longitude 96° 0″ east. The +wind now blew a hurricane. The barometer +was 29°, and falling. The main-topsail was +taken in, and the ship left under the main +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span> +topsail only. At half-past three the fore +and main top-gallant masts were blown away. +The wind was south, and so very severe that +the main trysail was blown to atoms, and +the ship was lying-to under bare poles, and +laying beautifully to the wind, with her helm +amidship and perfectly tight. The hurricane +was accompanied with a deluge of rain. +At 4 <small>P. M.</small> the wind shifted to the south-east, +and was blowing so terrifically that all the +hatches were obliged to be battened down, +the sea making a fair breach over the vessel. +The starboard-quarter boat was washed +away. About half-past 6 <small>P. M.</small> there was +a lull, and it was nearly calm, the wind +backing to the south-west, and the sea became +comparatively quiet. The barometer +having fallen as low as 28° 45″, the ship +was kept away north by east, and the topsails +re-secured, portions of them having +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span> +blown adrift. At 8 <small>P. M.</small> the wind began +to blow again, and within half an hour the +hurricane was as severe as before. The larboard-quarter +boat was torn from the davits +and blown across the poop, carrying away +the binnacle and crushing the hencoops in +its passage. At 9 <small>P. M.</small>, the hurricane still +increasing, the foremast broke into three +pieces, and carried away with it the jib-boom, +the main and mizen topmasts, the +starboard cathead, and mainyard, the main +and mizen masts alone standing. At 10 <small>P. M.</small> +the wind and rain were so severe that the +men could not hold on upon the poop. The +soldiers were engaged in baling the water +out of their quarters between decks, whither +it had been forced down the hatches. In +other respects the ship was quite tight and +free from leak, proving herself to be a capital +sea boat. The pumps being attended to +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span> +drew out the water which was forced down +the hatches, mast-coats, and topside forwards.</p> + +<p>During the hurricane, numbers of land-birds +were driven on board—a case not uncommon +during storms—and an owl and a +hawk were observed perched on the swinging +table on the poop, without shewing any alarm +at the presence of the ship’s company. It +was not noticed what became of them. This +circumstance tended to shew the intensity +of the tempest on shore, which must have +forced these birds out to sea, a distance not +much less than two hundred miles from any +land.</p> + +<p><i>Monday, 11th.</i>—The hurricane was equally +severe, the wind south-east, and the barometer +as low as 28° 0″. The gusts were so +terrific, mixed with drift and rain, that none +of the people could stand on the deck. +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span> +Advantage was therefore taken of the lulls to +draw the ship out, and clear away the wreck +of the masts. As the starboard bower-anchor +was hanging only by the shank-painter, and +its stock, which was of iron, was working +into the ship’s side, the chain-cable was unshackled, +and the anchor was cut away from +the bows. At noon, latitude, per log, 11° 6″ +north longitude 95° 20″ east, the barometer +apparently rose a little. No observations +had been able to be made since the 7th. +The hurricane was equally severe in gusts, +and the ship perfectly unmanageable from +her crippled state, but rode all the time like +a sea-bird on the waves, notwithstanding the +sea was apparently running from every point +of the compass. The crew observed a large +barque ahead of them which had lost its +topmast and mainyard. They feared at +first that she would not go clear of them. +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span> +Happily, however, she drifted past ahead of +them. This vessel afterwards proved to have +been the Briton, of which we shall presently +have occasion to speak. They also saw a +brig to leeward, totally dismasted. From +her appearance it was judged that she must +soon have foundered, and every soul on +board perished. At 4 in the afternoon the +barometer fell to 27° 70″, and Cummin’s +mineral sympiesometer left the index.</p> + +<p>The hurricane was now most terrific; the +part of the poop to leeward and the cabin-doors +and the skylights were literally torn +away, and every moment they expected the +poop itself to be carried off. None but those +who have witnessed so awful a tempest at +sea could form an idea of the weight and +destructive power of the wind, crushing and +beating every thing to pieces, as if it had +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span> +been done with a heavy metallic body. At +8 <small>P. M.</small> the soldiers and sailors could not +stand at the pumps, but were obliged to bale +out the water from between decks.</p> + +<p><i>Tuesday, the 12th.</i>—At the turn of the +day the hurricane still continued, and the +rudder was gone. At 1 <small>A. M.</small> they felt the +ship strike, and gave themselves up for lost, +expecting every moment to be engulphed in +the depths of the ocean.</p> + +<p>But it pleased Him, whom the winds and +the sea obey,</p> + +<div class="poem"> +<div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">“Who plants his footsteps in the sea,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And rides upon the storm,”<br /></span> +</div> +</div> + +<p>to decree otherwise, and, at the moment of +impending destruction, the ship and all her +inmates were saved.</p> + +<p>After a short time, it was discovered that +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span> +the ship was thrown on a reef of rocks, and +had bilged; and although the water entered +her through the holes which the rocks had +made, and filled her up to the lower beams, +yet that it soon smothered, and, the bilge +pieces keeping her upright, she lay comparatively +quiet. But being fearful that she +might beat over the reef into deep water, +they let go the larboard bower-anchor, and +shortly afterwards found the water leaving +her. After this all hands fell asleep, being +exhausted with fatigue and hardship. Captain +Doutty and the military gentlemen were +in Captain Stapleton’s cabin, which was the +only one habitable. Captain Doutty felt too +anxious to rest long, but lay watching whilst +all was still, except the beating of the waves +and the rain on the poop. He then went +out in front of the poop. He could discern +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span> +nothing but the surf breaking heavily on and +around his unfortunate vessel. He then lay +down again, wishing earnestly for the break +of day.</p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span></p> + +<h2>THE DELIVERANCE.</h2> + +<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="Poem extract"> + <tr> + <td class="tdl"> +“The night is gone, and o’er the sea,<br /> +The morning sun shines peacefully;<br /> +Again ’tis calm, again ’tis still,<br /> +Noiseless as gentle summer’s rill.” + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td class="tdr"> +<i>Anon.</i> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + + +<p>At length the morning broke, which was to +introduce the ship’s company, just rescued +from a watery grave, to a new era in their +existence. With the daybreak the hurricane +also began to break, and, though it rained +heavily, the barometer rose rapidly until it +stood at 29° 45″. The captain then beheld, +to his great joy, the loom, or land-mark of +the shore, to leeward, rising like a black +belt, above the breakers. The land was an +island, off the east coast of the Great Andaman, +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span> +in latitude 12° 1″ north, and longitude +about 93° 14″ east. The Andaman Islands, +which are about eight in number, and covered +with trees, form a group at the entrance +of the Bay of Bengal, and are near +750 miles from the Sand Heads at Calcutta, +and twelve degrees from the Equator. That +on which the vessel was driven was in point of +latitude about the centre, and may be easily +known by a remarkable hill somewhat resembling +a puritan’s hat, and being placed +in a hollow of the land, with much higher +hills, both on the north and south of it. The +anchorage is good, and a ship may be sheltered +from all points.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"> +<img src="images/wota01.jpg" width="700" height="367" alt="" /> +<p class="captionr">Hullmandel & Walton Lithographers.</p> +</div> + +<p class="caption">N<sup>o</sup>. 1.<br /> +THE POSITION OF THE SHIPS, AT DAYBREAK, MORNING, 12<sup><small>TH</small></sup>. NOVEMBER</p> + +<p>About 60 years ago an attempt was made +on the part of the East-India Company to +form a settlement on the Andaman Islands +for the convenience of shipping. Their first +settlement was called Port Chatham, on the +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span> +South Andaman. But, after about a year or +two, it was removed thence, on account of +its unhealthiness, to the North Andaman, +where it was named Port Cornwallis, after +Admiral Cornwallis, who recommended the +removal, and not long after that was finally +broken up, and the islands abandoned.</p> + +<p>The ship being nearly dry aft, on the weather +clearing, her crew, to their great astonishment, +beheld, about a quarter of a mile +inside of them, high amongst the trees, in a +swamp of mangroves, whither she had forced +herself a passage, a large barque, with +troops on board.<a name="FNanchor_B_2" id="FNanchor_B_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_B_2" class="fnanchor">[B]</a> In consequence of this +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span> +discovery, Ensign Du Vernett was, as soon +as possible, lowered with ropes from the +Runnymede’s stern, with twelve soldiers, to +communicate with the barque. At 7 <small>A. M.</small>, +the tide rising, orders were given to the men +to prepare to land at next low water, and, +if possible, get something cooked, as, during +the hurricane, no fires could be kept in the +ship, and, consequently, the crew and troops +had not had anything but biscuit and a glass +of spirits during the storm. At half-past +3 o’clock <small>P. M.</small> the tide having fallen sufficiently +to enable the people to wade on +shore, Ensign Du Vernett returned on board +and reported the vessel he had visited to be +“The Briton” from Sydney, bound to Calcutta, +and which had sailed from the former +place, in company with the ships Royal +Saxon, Loyds, and Enmore, on the 12th of +August, 1844, having on board Her +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span> +Majesty’s 80th regiment, 1000 strong, under +the command of Lieut.-col. Baker. The +companies two, three, and six were on board +the Briton, under the orders of Major, afterwards +Lieut.-col. Bunbury, and consisted of +311 soldiers, including 12 serjeants and 4 +drummers, 34 women, 51 children, and the +following officers, namely, Captains Best, +Sayers, and Montgomery; Lieutenants Leslie +and Freeman; Ensigns Hunter and Coleman; +and Assistant-surgeon Gammie, medical +officer in charge. The Briton was +commanded by Captain Alexander Hall. +She had a crew of 34, was a vessel of 776 +tons, A 1, and was ascertained to be the +same barque which had drifted a-head of +the Runnymede in the storm, having parted +with all her companions, which afterwards +arrived safely at their destination. The +Briton was so short of provisions, that +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span> +twelve men were obliged to be satisfied with +the ordinary allowance of four.</p> + + +<div class="footnote"> +<p><a name="Footnote_B_2" id="Footnote_B_2"></a><a href="#FNanchor_B_2"><span class="label">[B]</span></a> The roots of these trees support their stems some feet +above the ground, and diverge in every direction, so as +to produce an almost impenetrable thicket. The trees +do not rise more than twelve feet high. They grow in +marshy places, generally within the influx of the Indian +Ocean, and where the tide can readily wash their stems.</p> +</div> + + +<p>By dusk, all hands, including soldiers, +women, and children, had left the wreck of +the Runnymede, and were accommodated +on board the Briton. They were received +by Captain Hall, Colonel Bunbury, and the +officers of the 80th, with the greatest kindness, +although they were enduring very +great privations themselves. The crew of +the Briton were delighted to hear of there +being a fair stock of stores on board the +Runnymede, particularly as regarded biscuit +and flour, which, if moderate weather continued, +would be landed for the benefit of +both ships’ companies.</p> + +<p>In the morning after the wreck, a seaman +of the Runnymede lost his life by the following +piece of disobedience and fool-hardy +temerity. Captain Doutty was sitting in +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span> +Captain Stapleton’s cabin, consulting with +the military officers as to the best mode of +getting the women and children on shore, +when it was perceived that one of the seamen +had placed himself by the cabin windows, +apparently dressed for a swim. Captain +Doutty enquired what brought him +there: he instantly replied, “We are all +alike now.” Captain Doutty told him he +was mistaken if he thought so, for that +whilst two planks of the ship held together, +he was determined to keep the command, +and ordered him to leave the cabin. As he +appeared unwilling to go, the chief officer +was desired to send him forward. Being +called accordingly, he refused, with an oath, +to go, and immediately threw himself from +the cabin window, and swam towards the +shore, which he never reached, as the receding +waves kept him out until he was +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span> +exhausted, and the ship’s company saw him +sink without being able to assist him. This +man’s fate had the effect of keeping the +others quiet until the water had fallen sufficiently +to enable them to wade through it +to the shore. After the landing Colonel +Bunbury took the chief command of all +parties.</p> + +<p>We shall now find it most convenient to +ourselves, as well as entertaining to our +readers, to continue our narrative in the +shape of a journal, only noticing those days +on which any circumstances worth recording +occurred.</p> + +<p><i>Wednesday, 13th.</i>—At daybreak, nearly +low water, all hands returned on board and +commenced getting up provisions for landing. +All more or less damaged.</p> + +<p>The Briton had lost all her boats, and the +Runnymede’s long boat was the only one +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span> +they had, and that was badly stove, so that +the water had run through her, and thereby +prevented her being washed off the deck by +the waves: and she eventually became the +means, by God’s blessing, of obtaining that +assistance which saved the sufferers from +perishing on a desert island.</p> + +<p>The carpenters, therefore, of both ships +were ordered to report how long a time it +would take to put this boat into a state fit +to proceed to sea to seek assistance. They +reported eight days. After a personal communication, +Captains Doutty and Hall received +from Captain Sayers, of the 80th regt. +the following order, putting their ships’ +crews under martial law, which was twice +read to each crew.</p> + + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span></p> + +<div class="blockquot"> +<p class="address"><i>Troop Ship “<span class="smcap">Briton</span>,”</i><br /> +<i>12th Nov. 1844.</i></p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Dear Sir</span>,</p> + +<p>In consequence of the wreck of the +troop ships “Briton” and “Runnymede,” +Major Bunbury calls on Captains Hall and +Doutty to explain to the crews of their respective +ships that they are from this moment +under military law, and feeling it to be most +essential for the well-being of the service +that the strictest order and discipline be +preserved by every one under his command, +declares it to be his determination to punish, +with the utmost severity, any act of insubordination +and drunkenness.</p> + +<p class="sig1">By Order,<br /> +<span class="smcap">H. T. Sayers</span>,<br /> +<span style="padding-left: 4em;"><i>Capt. 80th Regt.</i></span></p> + +<p><i>To Capt. Doutty.</i></p> +</div> + +<p>This day were landed from the Runnymede +at low water, 37 bags and 6 half-bags +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span> +of biscuit, 3 and a half bags of flour, and +9 baskets of plums. In consequence of information +that the crew of the Runnymede +meant to help themselves to the beer which +formed part of the cargo, and had laid a +plan to plunder the ship, they were in the +evening all ordered on board the Briton. +The only persons who remained on board +the Runnymede were Captain Doutty and +his officers, and a few steady soldiers of the +50th, and watches were regularly kept +throughout the night.</p> + +<p>There appears to be a very prevalent opinion +amongst common sailors and private +soldiers, that when a vessel is wrecked, all +controul over private property is from that +moment lost too, and that it is not stealing +to lay hands on all they can take. Numerous +instances of this kind took place on the +present occasion. And this crime, as well as +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span> +that of drunkenness, were scarcely checked +by severe corporeal punishment. Some of +the men attempted thefts at the risk of their +lives; and, in one instance, a cask of bottled +beer having been landed too late to be +got into store, was placed, by a serjeant’s +tent, in care of a sentry, whose musket was +known to be loaded with ball. During the +night two fellows attempted to get at it, and +being discovered were fired at, which so +alarmed them, that one of them, in his hurry +to escape, fell into a mangrove swamp, which +caused him so much pain that he was easily +captured. He proved to be a man of bad +character.</p> + +<p><i>Thursday, 14th.</i>—Weather moderate, wind +east, barometer 29° 55″. The crew employed +this day landing stores, cleansing the decks +from the accumulated filth and rubbish. The +carpenters employed on the long boat. The +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span> +stores landed were 3 baskets of sugar, 2 +barrels of flour, 7 tierces and 1 barrel of salt +provisions, 1 cask of vinegar, 1 puncheon of +arrack, 2 cases of bottled fruits, 2 boxes of +pickles, 6 barrels of pale ale, and 1 cask of +sherry. The soldiers were employed on +shore clearing the ground of trees, many +having been thrown down by the hurricane, +some of them very large, and apparently of +the growth of a century. They were also +employed in erecting tents and making roads +and bridges. The tents were made of the +sails of both ships, and the flags or camp-colours +used to distinguish the companies, +were Marryat’s signals, also from the ships.</p> + +<p><i>Friday, 15th.</i>—Wind east and moderate. +Weather fine. Continued landing provisions +consisting of soap, preserved potatoes, biscuit, +flour, sugar, dholl or split peas, rice, pale +ale, port wine, and sherry. Finished the +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span> +long boat’s bottom, turned her up, and commenced +raising her two streaks. Employed +drying damaged provisions. Water discovered +in the island; and a number of crabs, +prawns, and other shell fish picked up at +low water. Several indications of other +wrecks were seen, but exploring parties had +not yet straggled far from the encampment.</p> + +<p><i>Saturday, 16th.</i>—More provisions were +landed this day. In the evening, large fires +were seen on the island to the north, and as +several muskets were discharged on shore +away from the camp, and the people fancied +they saw natives, they were hailed and a +volley of musketry discharged, so no more +of them were seen. But double watches were +set at night with loaded arms.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"> +<img src="images/wota02.jpg" width="700" height="369" alt="" /> +<p class="captionr">Hullmandel & Walton Lithographers.</p> +</div> + +<p class="caption">N<sup>o</sup>. 2.<br /> +THE ENCAMPMENT.</p> + +<p><i>Sunday, 17th.</i>—This day no business was +done, except by the carpenters, whose work +was of the utmost importance to the saving +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span> +the lives of upwards of 630 persons, with a +scanty stock of provisions. Divine service +was performed on board the Briton by Captain +Sayers of the 80th in presence of the +seamen and the troops, who were regularly +paraded for church, and the forms of prayer +and thanksgiving to the Almighty for the +preservation of the people’s lives were read. +Seven natives made their appearance on the +shore to the southward. Some of them tried +to surround two sailors who were gathering +shell fish, but the sailors were too nimble for +them. An officer with a small armed party +went in pursuit, but as soon as the savages +saw them they put off from the shore in a +canoe, leaving their fire, and close to it a +piece of drift wood and some fish bones. And +at night again some of the natives attempted +to approach the Runnymede, but on being +fired at they took themselves off. The +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span> +natives appeared to be quite naked and black, +and of a robust frame, with perfectly straight +hair. This day also a spring of fresh +water was discovered. The commander sent +out detachment orders regulating the issue of +rations and spirits to the troops, and complimenting +Captains Doutty and Hall and their +crews, and also the military officers and soldiers, +on their conduct during the hurricane, +and also regretting that the natives should +have been fired at, as much benefit might +arise from a conciliatory course, and much +mischief from an opposite one; and ordering +that for the purpose of preventing any rencontre +in future between them and the military +who might be straggling too far from +camp, a roll call should take place every two +hours, as well in the camp as on board the +Briton.</p> + +<p><i>Monday, 18th.</i>—Fine weather. Fatigue +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span> +parties employed on shore clearing the ground +and erecting tents. The carpenters at work +on the long-boat; her bottom and topsides +finished, and a portion of her beams and ceiling +placed. The crew engaged repairing her +sails and in cutting air-holes between decks +in the Runnymede for ventilation. On shore +a court-martial sat for the purpose of trying +men for stealing and drunkenness. By an +order issued this day Ensign Hunter of the +80th was appointed to act as Adjutant. The +Runnymede was made into a hospital ship +under the care of Dr. Gammie, whilst Mr. +Bell gave his medical attendance on shore to +those whom it was not deemed necessary to +send to the hospital; and the Briton was to +be considered as a store-ship whence the +provisions were to be issued daily, under the +superintendence of Ensign Venables. The +remainder of the troops were also ordered to +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span> +disembark and encamp, the position of the +Briton in a stagnant swamp of half salt, half +fresh water, with mangrove trees crushed +under it, being considered prejudicial to the +health of the men.</p> + +<p><i>Tuesday, 19th.</i>—The carpenters employed +laying the deck of the long-boat. Crew +landing beer casks, but many of them burst +whilst being carried ashore from being so +long under water, and the straw they were +packed in consequently heating. The sick +were transferred from the Briton to the Runnymede. +This afternoon the soldiers were +paraded for the first time since the wreck. +Their appearance, owing to their distressed +situation, was somewhat similar to that of +Falstaff’s ragged regiment.</p> + +<p><i>Wednesday, 20th.</i>—Five soldiers were corporeally +punished, by sentence of court-martial, +for stealing and insubordination. +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span> +The troops left the Briton according to order. +Most of the officers commenced erecting tents +for themselves.</p> + +<p><i>Thursday, 21st.</i>—The carpenters completed +the deck of the long-boat. Four of +the soldiers straggled a short distance to the +south of the encampment in search of shell +fish. They were attacked by a party of natives, +who speared the whole of them, two of +them dangerously, one of whom had three +spears sticking in him. They were carried +on board the Runnymede. A strong party +was sent in pursuit of the evil doers but could +not meet with them. Shortly after the return +of the party, Captain Doutty saw fourteen +of the natives issue from the jungle +armed with their fishing-spears and apparently +quite unconcerned, but the tide being +up and having no boat, our people could not +get at them. It was, however, deemed necessary +to place advanced picquets round the +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span> +camp, and a four-pounder was placed on the +top-gallant forecastle and another on the +poop of the Runnymede, in order to keep the +natives off if they should prove aggressive. +There appeared to be no chance of receiving +any assistance from them. The island appeared +to be wholly unproductive, neither +fruit nor vegetables having been discovered, +but several wild hogs were seen.</p> + +<p><i>Friday, 22d.</i>—The carpenters employed +putting a false keel to long boat and caulking +her. Landed 46 casks of beer, also some +preserved salmon and cheese. A board of +survey assembled on board the Briton to +examine the stores saved, and to report as to +the rations to be issued, calculated for forty +days. The court recommended the following +scale for alternate days, namely,</p> + +<p>First day, ½ lb. bread, ½ lb. beef, ½ gill of +spirits, <span class="tfrac">1</span>/<span class="bfrac">12</span> oz. of tea, ½ oz. of sugar.</p> + +<p>Second day, ⅓ lb. flour, ⅓ lb. pork, ¼ pint +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span> +peas, ¼ oz. coffee, ½ oz. sugar, ½ gill spirits, +and this even would only last 36 days, that +is, till 27th December. By this time, too, +the coast for two miles round the island was +cleared of shell fish. This day a private of +the 80th regiment died in hospital of dysentery, +most likely caused by the water, +which had a disagreeable vegetable taste.</p> + +<p><i>Saturday, 23d.</i>—More beer landed from +the Runnymede, also a case of claret. These +were now issued in lieu of spirits. This day +the natives came close to the camp. A few +soldiers were sent to parley with them, and +took two red shell jackets, which were left +on a bush as presents for them. They only +trampled on them, and at a given signal sent +a volley of spears at the soldiers in return, +two only taking effect. Two armed soldiers +who had been concealed, then appearing, the +natives set up a yell and ran to the bush, +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span> +leaving part of a bow and a bundle of arrows +behind them. They appeared very treacherous. +They seemed also to understand the +effect of fire-arms, running away the moment +they saw any.</p> + +<p><i>Sunday, 24th.</i>—Divine service was performed +on board the Briton. The coast was +strewed in every direction with pieces of +wreck. In the evening part of a chest of +drawers and the top of a washhand-stand +were found. These probably had floated +from some vessel that had foundered.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"> +<img src="images/wota03.jpg" width="700" height="366" alt="" /> +<p class="captionr">Hullmandel & Walton Lithographers.</p> +</div> + +<p class="caption">N<sup>o</sup>. 3.<br /> +DEPARTURE OF THE “HOPE” IN SEARCH OF ASSISTANCE.</p> + +<p><i>Monday, 25th.</i>—Moderate breeze. The +long boat, being finished, was launched from +the deck of the Runnymede at 11 o’clock, +amidst the hearty cheers of all hands. She +was named “The Hope.” Her mast was +then stepped and fitted, and an ample supply +of provisions, water, and other necessaries +put on board her. At half-past five, +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span> +<small>P. M.</small>, she set sail in charge of Captain Hall, +of the Briton, with Mr. Skelton, chief officer +of the Runnymede, and the boatswain and +five seamen. Lieutenant Leslie, of the 80th, +went in her as bearer of despatches. The +course proposed, at the suggestion of Captain +Doutty, was, to get into the track of +ships proceeding to and from the Straits +of Malacca; and then, being guided by the +winds and other circumstances, either to +cross to Moulmein, or go on to Calcutta.</p> + +<p><i>Tuesday, 26th.</i>—Weather moderate. The +Hope not in sight at daybreak. The carpenters +landed to make preparations for +building another boat. Parties out getting +shell-fish. Some trepang, beech-le-mer, or +sea slug, was brought to Captain Doutty, +which he attempted to cure by cleansing, +parboiling, and drying in the sun. This is +reckoned a great luxury by the Chinese, and +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span> +is sold in their markets. It abounds in the +vicinity of coral reefs.</p> + +<p>Captains Stapleton, Montgomery, and +Best, in the evening, saw a wild hog, between +which and the bush they got unperceived. +They each had a shot at him, +as he ran past them, and being wounded in +the head, he ran staggering amongst the +fallen timber. A little spaniel dog, called +Billy, of the King Charles’s breed, which +happened to be with the party, seized the +hog by the ear. At the same time a soldier +ran up to despatch the animal with a large +stick, and not observing the dog in the +dusk, he accidentally struck him an unlucky +blow on the head, and killed him. Poor +Billy’s fate was universally regretted in the +camp, where he was a general favourite. +The hog weighed 80 lbs., had large tusks, +and his hide was half-an-inch thick. The +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a></span> +meat was hard and tough, but still was +acceptable as a change. Some natives who +were near the spot where the hog was killed, +on hearing the shots, left their fire with a +yell, and fled into the bush.</p> + +<p><i>Thursday, 28th.</i>—Working parties clearing +and deepening the wells, which were +beginning to fail. Several of the officers +left the Briton, their tents being completed. +There were many beautiful shells of various +kinds found upon the beach. It was amusing +to see such as are generally made use +of as mantel-piece ornaments, teeming with +life, and running about in every direction. +A few fish were caught in nets outside the +Runnymede, quantities of small ones being +driven into shoal water by the large ones, +which prey upon them.</p> + +<p><i>Friday, 29th.</i>—The soldiers were employed +burning a road to the wells, the +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span> +fallen trees being so interwoven that it was +not possible to cut one. The carpenters were +cutting a keel for the boat. The crew fishing +and making nets. This evening there +was a cry that a ship’s light was seen in the +offing, which produced a considerable sensation +for the moment; but it turned out to +be only Sirius rising.</p> + +<p><i>Saturday, 30th.</i>—General parade for muster. +The keel for the intended boat brought +in from the bush where it had been cut. A +carpenter, four sawyers, and a blacksmith +from the 80th were ordered to assist in +building the new boat.</p> + +<p><i>Sunday, 1st December.</i>—Divine service +was performed. The guard on board the +Runnymede was now formed by convalescent +soldiers, being one serjeant and six privates +of the 80th. The natives made very large +fires both to the northward and southward.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span> +<i>Monday, 2d.</i>—Bellows were finished for +the forge, with the pioneers’ aprons for sides, +and part of a gun-barrel for the pipe. The +tiller of the Briton’s rudder was used for an +anvil, and nails were made out of the copper +bolts from her stern posts. A sailor’s canoe, +which was nearly finished, took fire, and +both her gunwales were burnt down.</p> + +<p><i>Tuesday, 3d.</i>—Regular morning parades +on the beach at 7 <small>A. M.</small> commenced this day, +the guards mounting immediately afterwards. +The bugle was sounded regularly, +as in garrison, at daybreak, for parade, for +meals, and for bed at 8 <small>P. M.</small> The road still +in progress of burning. This, together with +the tent-fires and those of the picquets, had +a very brilliant effect. Two officers went in +search of water, and found a running stream +under the hills, about a mile from the camp, +which was very difficult to reach, from the +denseness of the jungle.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span> +<i>Wednesday, 4th.</i>—A couple of punts have +been made out of rattans, covered with +tarred canvas, and the canoe had plank +sides put to it, in lieu of the gunwales, +which were burnt. There were some thunder +and lightning in the evening, and heavy +rain, which caused the tents to leak, they +having been made of old canvas.</p> + +<p><i>Thursday, 5th.</i>—A bag of damaged pepper +sent on shore from the Runnymede for the +soldiers to eat with the shell fish. An oyster +bed discovered. A tree on fire, mistaken for +a steamer’s light.</p> + +<p><i>Friday, 6th.</i>—The carpenters commenced +planking the boat. Several men were sent +to the hospital with fever and head complaints. +An order was issued, prohibiting +the soldiers bathing or otherwise exposing +themselves in the heat of the sun.</p> + +<p><i>Saturday, 7th.</i>—The canoe was launched, +and answered better than was expected. +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span> +Nearly the whole of the fallen trees on the +island lay towards the south-west, so that +the hurricane must have come from the +E.N.E. or N.E.</p> + +<p><i>Sunday, 8th.</i>—Divine service as usual. +The canoe brought in a cargo of fine oysters +from the northward. The tracks of a number +of hogs were seen. A soldier of the +80th died in hospital of brain fever.</p> + +<p><i>Monday, 9th.</i>—The Runnymede got a +spar over her quarter, lashed to the mizen-mast, +to shore her up, the heavy surf causing +her to bump more than was agreeable. +There was quite a fleet of canvas in the bay +fishing and paddling about.</p> + +<p><i>Tuesday, 10th.</i>—One of the fishing crews +caught a large fish of the snapper kind, of +about 20 lbs. weight. It was found to be +coarse and hard when cooked.</p> + +<p><i>Wednesday, 11th.</i>—The encampment looked +quite gay, each tent having its +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span> +distinguishing flag, or number of the company, +hoisted; those of the officers had also their +signals flying. Captain Stapleton’s had the +number of his regiment, 50th. The bay +from the Runnymede had a very pretty +effect.</p> + +<p><i>Thursday, 12th.</i>—Two turtles were seen +upon the water. There were only sufficient +provisions on hand to serve this month +through. The Hope has been gone now +sixteen days.</p> + +<p><i>Saturday, 14th.</i>—A party of officers of +the 80th went to the northward on discovery, +attended by the canoe. They crossed over +to the other island. Saw a wild beast in +the bush of the panther kind. Found some +bundles of pigs’ heads, tied with cane, laid +together in heaps, and stones suspended +from the trees by rattan. They supposed +this to be some religious ceremony of the +natives. They found a quantity of excellent +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span> +oysters on the rocks. They made a fire, +and dined off them.</p> + +<p><i>Sunday, 15th.</i>—Divine service as usual. +This was the 20th day after the departure of +the Hope. The present amount of ration +to be reduced one-half from to-morrow, +which will be little better than starvation. +Very little shell fish to be now found within +miles of the camp. About eleven o’clock, +<small>A. M.</small>, there were two smart shocks of an +earthquake. The Briton shook so violently +that all hands ran up from below, fearing +that she would fall over. The last shock +had scarcely subsided, when the shout of a +sail, a sail! issued from a look-out tree, on +the right of the camp, upon which the people +themselves had established a watch, relieved +every hour. The welcome cry quickly resounded +throughout the camp. The Runnymede +immediately hoisted her ensign and +fired a gun, which was a pre-concerted signal. +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a></span> +The camp was in great commotion, every +one enquiring where the sail was, and straining +their eyes to catch a glimpse of the +stranger. Within a quarter of an hour afterwards, +she had rounded the point and was +visible to all. At one o’clock, <small>P. M.</small>, she +came to anchor abreast of the Runnymede, +in 15 fathoms, the men cheering on shore, +whilst the ship saluted her with twelve guns. +She proved to be the Honourable Company’s +schooner, George Swinton, of 70 or 80 tons, +from Mergui, with supplies of provisions +for the sufferers, and the Hope towing at +her stern. Our canoes went off, and brought +on shore Mr. Michael, an ensign of the 17th +Madras Native Infantry, the bearer of despatches +from Mergui to the commanding +officer, to whom he communicated the news +of the safe arrival of the Hope at that port, +and of the welfare of her crew. They had +reached Mergui in 11 days from the time of +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span> +leaving the island. They had suffered much +from the heat of the sun and fatigue, because, +having either foul or light winds, +they were obliged to row the greater part +of the distance, and to give up all idea of +going to Calcutta. Having made their report, +they were supplied with a lighter boat +belonging to the American missionaries, in +which they proceeded to Moulmein. The +next day the commanding officer at Mergui +despatched the George Swinton, under the +command of Captain Daniels, to the relief +of the sufferers, bringing, amongst other +things, six young buffaloes. The arrival of +this vessel at the exact moment of need +caused great rejoicings, and an extra half-pound +of biscuit and glass of spirits were +issued to each man to commemorate the +event. In the afternoon a soldier of the +80th was unfortunately drowned in the surf +whilst bathing. On the arrival of the Swinton +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span> +the rations were increased, and comparative +plenty was restored.</p> + +<p><i>Wednesday, 18th.</i>—The Runnymede’s +mainmast was cut away, and she was shored +up with it to make her ride easily, being +much shaken by the surf. The Hope was +brought on shore, and her deck and false +keel taken off, that she might be used for +landing provisions and stores. A brig appeared +in sight to the southward. The +Runnymede made signals, but she passed +on without taking any notice. She was +supposed to be a country ship.</p> + +<p><i>Friday, 20th.</i>—The island is putting on a +spring-like appearance. Verdant spots are +here and there to be seen, and the trees are +beginning to come into leaf. Even those +which were thrown down by the hurricane +are struggling for life with the few roots left +in the ground, and some of sixty feet high, +without branch or top, have shot out small +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</a></span> +green twigs, forming a curious contrast with +their scathed trunks. Melons, limes, and +other seeds, sown by the officers, now +coming up. Two native canoes took up a +position near the north island, and afterwards +their people passed along the reef +fishing. Captain Doutty counted twenty-four +persons on the reef, besides those left +in care of the canoes. A soldier of the 50th +died in hospital this day of brain fever.</p> + +<p><i>Sunday, 22nd.</i>—Divine service as usual. +The poop-awning of the Briton was blown +away, and the cuddy filled with water. The +weather very rough.</p> + +<p><i>Tuesday, 24th.</i>—The Swinton’s jolly-boat +was swamped in the surf whilst taking off +water-casks. The long-boat went to their +assistance, and towed them alongside the +schooner. The east end of the north island +was covered with natives in search of food; +the poor creatures seemed to depend entirely +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</a></span> +on shell-fish and sea-slug, picked off the +reefs, for their subsistence, with occasionally +a fish caught with their spears. During bad +weather they must suffer much from hunger.</p> + +<p><i>Wednesday, 25th. Christmas Day.</i>—The +Swinton left for Moulmein. Mr. Michael +returned in her with despatches. The Runnymede’s +dingy returning from the schooner +was capsized in consequence of Thompson, +a seaman, falling on one side of her, when +Edmund Hutter, a seaman, was drowned, +means of resuscitation proving of no avail. +Divine service was performed on board the +Briton. The tents of the 80th looked very +gay, being decorated with green boughs in +honour of the day. There was no roast beef, +but very good plum-puddings were made +without sugar.</p> + +<p><i>Thursday, 26th.</i>—Flies and musquitoes +came in myriads; they were very troublesome; +there were none till now; the hurricane +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span> +must have swept them away. Very +beautiful periodical flowers appeared. Also +snakes; several have been killed in camp. +A young pig was shot by a serjeant; the +mother and the rest of the family escaped.</p> + +<p><i>Friday, 27th.</i>—A wicker-work pot was +made to catch fish in deep water. A tablet +was engraven on the rock, near the burial-ground, +with the names of the soldiers who +had died on the island. At night large fires +were made round the camp to burn out and +keep off the musquitoes.</p> + +<p><i>Saturday, 28th.</i>—At 7 <small>A. M.</small> a sloop-of-war +brig, the Pilot, Captain Jervis, with two +schooner gun-boats in convoy, appeared. +The latter ran into the anchorage, and the +former went round the islands in search of +other vessels. Sent our boat on board one +of the former and landed the officer, Mr. +White, of the Company’s Marine, who stated +that transports were at hand to relieve the +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</a></span> +sufferers; also that the rest of the 80th regiment +had arrived safely at Calcutta. The +new six-oared boat named “The Andaman” +was launched at noon; she went through +the surf beautifully. The Pilot sent her +cutter round with Lieut. Leslie, and also +some fresh meat and vegetables.</p> + +<p><i>Sunday, 29th.</i>—At noon the Ayrshire, of +250 tons, arrived from Moulmein, being one +of three ships taken up by the Government +there to convey the sufferers away from the +island; the other two were called the Agnes +Lee and the Elizabeth Ainslie. Capt. Jervis +and three of his officers dined on the island.</p> + +<p><i>Monday, 30th.</i>—The first division of the +80th regiment commenced embarking on +board the Ayrshire. At 3 <small>P. M.</small> the Elizabeth +Ainslie arrived for the remaining portion +of the 80th, and anchored near the +Runnymede.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"> +<img src="images/wota04.jpg" width="700" height="363" +alt="Ships arrive to rescue those stranded" /> +<p class="captionr">Hullmandel & Walton Lithographers.</p> +</div> + +<p class="caption">N<sup>o</sup>. 4.<br /> +THE DELIVERANCE.</p> + +<p><i>Tuesday, 31st.</i>—The Pilot came round +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[65]</a></span> +from the northward, and brought up in front +of the camp. Commenced embarking the +heavy stores on board the Elizabeth Ainslie. +At 4 <small>P. M.</small> the Ayrshire sailed with the first +division of the 80th regiment.</p> + + +<h3 class="smlpadt">1845.</h3> + +<p><i>Wednesday, 1st January.</i>—The second +division of the 80th regiment embarked in +the Elizabeth Ainslie, as also Captain Doutty +and the crew of the Runnymede. The officers +dined on board the Pilot. There were +numerous native fires on both islands.</p> + +<p><i>Thursday, 2nd.</i>—The Elizabeth Ainslie +sailed. The natives collected in great numbers +on both islands. The gun-boat’s gig, +manned by Lascars, whilst pulling along the +reef, was pursued by five canoes. The brig-of-war’s +cutter went to her assistance, when +the canoes pulled back to the reef and made +off. The 50th detachment strengthened +their camp-guard and posted extra sentinels.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[66]</a></span> +<i>Friday, 3rd.</i>—The transport Agnes Lee +arrived from Moulmein. The invalid soldiers, +women, and children, and heavy baggage +were embarked in the course of the +day. At night the natives came round the +camp in great numbers; there were fires in +every direction. A picquet was sent out to +drive them back; the picquet fired at a party +moving in rear of the tents, who fled, and +extinguished their fires in a most extraordinary +manner, the whole, except a few scattered +embers, disappearing almost as if by +magic. The brig of war despatched two +boats to pull along shore in front of the +camp, and afterwards fired two shots and +a shell amongst a large body of natives +gathered round a fire a short distance to +the left of the Briton. They took themselves +off and did not appear again that +night.</p> + +<p><i>Saturday, 4th.</i>—The remainder of the +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[67]</a></span> +detachment of the 50th embarked in the +Agnes Lee. At night the natives again +assembling in and around the camp, the +marines of the Pilot were landed to protect +the wrecks. Several shots were fired during +the night.</p> + +<p><i>Sunday, 5th.</i>—The last detachment of the +wrecked troops, after a sojourn of 55 days, +sailed this day for Calcutta in the Agnes +Lee, and bid adieu to this inhospitable +island, in words very different from those of +the poet, who sang</p> + +<div class="poem"> +<div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">“Isle of beauty, fare thee well.”<br /></span> +</div> +</div> + +<p>The voyage was most prosperous, the several +ships having arrived at their destination +within a few days of each other. The only +place of note they passed on the voyage +being Barren Island; they had a full view +of its volcano, which is a cone thrown up +from a valley. It was then in partial action, +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[68]</a></span> +and was ejecting volumes of smoke as they +passed it.</p> + +<p><i>Monday, 13th.</i>—Latitude, by observation, +20° 59″ north. A comet has been seen for +the last ten or twelve nights, in the south-west, +about equal to a star of the second +magnitude, with a tail of about 8 or 10 degrees.</p> + +<p>The detachments of the 10th and 50th +regiments, on arriving at Calcutta, proceeded +on to Chinsmah by steam, and the +detachment of the 80th landed at Calcutta, +and took up their quarters in Fort William.</p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[69]</a></span></p> + +<h2>CONCLUSION.</h2> + + +<p>Thus terminated one of the most remarkable +shipwrecks upon record, remarkable in +all its circumstances, when we consider the +coincidence of two ships, each carrying +troops, each sailing from a different quarter +of the globe, both bound to the same port, +and both thrown upon the same island, in +one night, within half a mile of each other, +and the Runnymede possessing stores and +necessaries which the Briton stood in need +of, and without which her company would, +in all probability, have perished: and each +having the means of defence against a race +of savages, reputed to be cannibals, and so +proverbial for their ferocity, that they are +greatly dreaded by the seamen of the country +ships, by whom they are called Wild +Men of the Woods, and who, but for the +fire-arms they had, would have destroyed the +whole of the party.</p> + +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</a></span> +But a still more remarkable fact is the +extreme healthiness, under numerous hardships +and privations, of a company of upwards +of six hundred and thirty individuals, +many of them women and children, in a +climate so unhealthy, that, in time past, it +was obliged to be abandoned by those who +sought to settle in it. But here, in a sojourn +of 55 days, besides those who died by +accidents, only three men, one woman, and +two or three children perished. And this to +the great surprise of those who came to +their rescue, and so fully expected to find +disease prevalent, that they took with them +a surgeon, a stock of medicines, and a quantity +of comforts for the use of the sick and +convalescent. These favourable circumstances +may be attributed, with propriety, to +the almost miraculous interposition of the +Almighty, who vouchsafed to bless in an +especial manner the prudence, good seamanship, +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[71]</a></span> +and cool intrepidity of the captains +and officers of the ships, and those under +their care, whilst at sea: and afterwards, +when on shore, the judgment, skill, and +good management of Lieut.-colonel Bunbury +and the military and other officers, +as well as the steady discipline of all who +were under their command. These all in their +several stations have done great honour to +their country, as well as much credit to the respective +services in which they were employed.</p> + +<p>We must also remark upon the very sound +state of the hull of the Runnymede, which +had not the slightest leak in her during the +whole of a most appalling tempest. The +only water she made was that which came +in from the dashing of the waves.</p> + +<p>We may also learn one important lesson +from the perseverance of the crew of the +Runnymede. That is, never to abandon +any good undertaking on account of +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[72]</a></span> +difficulties. Some unlooked-for circumstance +may arise to crown our endeavours with success. +The crew of the Runnymede had lost +every thing but hope, when deliverance came +to them unexpectedly.</p> + +<p>We would conclude with one question to +the benevolent and religious; to those who +desire to promote the civilization of the heathen. +Can nothing be done to christianize +the ferocious tribes of the Andamans? Let +it be remembered what the New Zealand +cannibals and the wild bushmen of South +Africa were before missionaries went amongst +them, compared with what they now are; +and then let endeavours be made use of, in +reliance upon heaven’s blessing, to bring +these poor creatures out of the lowest state +of darkness and degradation into one of +Christianity and happiness.</p> + +<p class="center smlpadt">THE END.</p> + + +<p class="center padtop">————</p> +<p class="center padbase">PELHAM RICHARDSON, PRINTER, 23, CORNHILL.</p> + + + +<div class="bbox"> +<p><b>Transcriber's Note</b></p> + +<p>This book contains archaic and variable spelling, which is preserved as printed. +Minor punctuation errors have been repaired, and hyphenation has been made +consistent.</p> + +<p>The frontispiece illustration (No. 3) has been moved to its appropriate +place in the text.</p> + +<p>A table of contents has been added for the convenience of the reader.</p> + +<p>Page <a href="#Page_30">30</a> has a reference to the ship "Loyds". This may be a printer error for Lloyds, +but has been preserved as printed.</p> + +<p>Page <a href="#Page_36">36</a>—repective amended to respective—"... to explain to the crews of their +respective ships ..."</p> +</div> + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of Project Gutenberg's The Wreck on the Andamans, by Joseph Darvall + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WRECK ON THE ANDAMANS *** + +***** This file should be named 28388-h.htm or 28388-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/2/8/3/8/28388/ + +Produced by Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading +Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from +images generously made available by The Internet +Archive/American Libraries.) + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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