Wreck and loss of the ship Fanny, capt. Robertson, on her passage from Bombay to China, November 29, 1803. Also, Escape of three officers, in an open boat, from the cannibals of Tate island1808 |
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afterwards American anchor arrived assistance baling barbarous Malays Batavia BOMBAY TO CHINA brig call out Bligh CANNIBALS OF TATE CAPT Captain Robertson captain's treatment Carter Carter's wound ceeded CHESTERFIELD WHALER chief mate Cochin China commander crew damaged rice dangerous dashed to pieces deck distant 800 miles distress dreadful scurvy drifted ESCAPE OF THREE experienee diffi filled their keg float four Hainan Haskett hoisted hove knives and scissars land Lascars belonging lashed their oars leaky left the wreck little boat little Chinese boat Madeira monsoon morning muskets natives night nine o'clock November ocean officer passage proceeded provisions prow Pulo Auro raft received remaining near Six render Rhio rudder seamen second mate sent Shaw SHIP FANNY shoal water shore stay at Malacca steer-oar steered stern Straits of Malacca surf tain TATE ISLAND Timor-land Tongsoi Bay typhon utmost vessel Voyage of Eleven waves wind yams
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Σελίδα 23 - They then lay down to sleep, and were in the morning refreshed with the smell of spices conveyed by the land wind. Mr. Carter was so. much revived that he several times' exclaimed, " Keep up your. hearts, my boys ! We shall dine with, the governor of Coupang to-day.
Σελίδα 21 - Carter's wound becoming very painful, it was again dressed with salt water i -and out : tihey did not relate this circumstance to him, but gave him every assurance of his doing well. The throat of the remaining bird was cut, and applied to Mr. Carter's mouth : and, it yielding a few drops of blood, it gave him great relief. The body was afterwards divided. On the seventh day they were so much reduced as to be under the necessity of drinking their own urine. Though disagreeable, they found relief...
Σελίδα 21 - ... water. On the sixth day, in the morning, they discovered land on both sides of them, which at first greatly discouraged them ; but perceiving a current, they found a passage between those islands, but no inhabitants. Mr. Shaw and Mr.
Σελίδα 19 - ON the 29th of June, 1793, the ship Shah Hormazier, of Calcutta, in company with the Chesterfield whaler, sailed from Norfolk Island, bound to Batavia, with a" resolution to explore a passage between New Holland and New Guinea, in which they succeeded ; and discovered an island, in lat. 9° 39
Σελίδα 20 - ... stolen. Mr. Shaw got also wounded. Mr. Haskett discharged his musket, and the natives fled. The party reached their boat, calling out to those on board to fire ; but the natives had killed captain Hill and one seaman, and soon after two others were found floating on the water with their throats cut. With difficulty Mr. Shaw, Mr. Carter, and Mr. Haskett got on board their boat, which they found had been plundered of all their provisions...
Σελίδα 22 - The eighth day they resumed the labour of the dar, which was increased by a heavy swell ; and Mr. Shaw held out 'hopes of seeing land in a day or two. They discovered shoal water, with breakers, and the sea frequently broke over them : this rendered Mr. Carter's case truly deplorable, as he...
Σελίδα 22 - ... full of water, that it was with the utmost difficulty he could keep his head above it. To add to their distress, Mr. Haskett was knocked out of the boat, but he was fortunately saved, with the utmost exertions of Mr. Shaw, by putting an oar under his arm, and lifting him up, as with a lever, until taken on board again.
Σελίδα 22 - ... from past experience, until Mr. Shaw, telling them they might as well trust to being well received on shore as perish at sea, (which they must have done by the next day,) they agreed to run in for the bay, and that Mr. Haskett should remain in the boat, and Mr. Carter and Mr. Shaw should go on shore in search of water. Mr. Carter, on being helped out, not being able to stand, was helped in again, and the other two advanced to the natives — one with the water keg, the other with a musket.
Σελίδα 15 - I met him (said he) at Lord Clare's house in the country, and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man.
Σελίδα 24 - ... his friends Shaw and Haskett, as well as by the natives of Timorland." The survivors waited for the annual trading prow from Banda, which arrived, to their great joy, on the 1 2th of March, 1794.