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Presently they came up with Fred Beverly and May Deblois, as they were stepping briskly along the sidewalk, who started in surprise as the sleigh drove up and they recognized the occupants. "Will you have a drive?" was Lancy's greeting. "Most willingly," replied Fred, laughing. "Really, this is kind of you, Gurney, to give your friends a drive on the first snow."
On the succeeding day Captain Gibbs went to the wreck of the ill-fated Ann Alexander, for the purpose of trying to procure something; but, as the sea was rough, and the attempt considered dangerous, he abandoned the project. The Nantucket then set sail for Paita, where she arrived on the 15th of September, and where she landed Captain Deblois and his men.
We proceed to the narrative as furnished by Captain Deblois, and which is fully authenticated by nine of the crew, in a protest under the seal of the United States Consul, Alexander Ruden, Jr., at Paita. The ship Ann Alexander, Captain J.S. Deblois, sailed from New Bedford, Mass., June 1st, 1850, for a cruise in the South Pacific for sperm whale.
Captain Deblois was kindly received and hospitably entertained at Paita by Captain Bathurst, an English gentleman residing there, and subsequently took passage on board the schooner Providence, Captain Starbuck, for Panama. The annexed engraving represents the burning of the Kent, East Indiaman, in the Bay of Biscay.
George Deblois, he sent it, accompanied with one he wrote requesting his influence towards effecting his return the next Flag, that Mr. Deblois being indisposed, his cousin Captain William Deblois, taken by Monro last year, came on board to see him, with a present from Mr.
Deblois of some Tea, Sugar, Wine, Rum, etc, and the offer of any other Civilities that lay in the power of either: This was beneficence and true Urbanity, that he was not destitute of Cash, that best friend in Adversity, except some other best friends, that as long as he had health, he should, he had like to have said, be happy.
James Simonds 4 1 4 3 12 James White 4 1 1 4 10 William Hazen 4 3 3 2 12 George DeBlois 1 1 1 .. 3 Robert Cram 1 1 1 7 10 Zebulon Rowe 1 1 .. 2 4 John Nason 1 1 2 3 7 John Mack 1 .. .. .. 1 Lemuel Cleveland 1 1 1 1 4 Christopher Blake 1 1 .. 2 4 Moses Greenough 1 1 1 .. 3 20 12 14 24 70 Name of Master or Mistress of the Family. Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Total.
Sawyer had a gun, and flew on slight notice. At last, as four were flying and seemed to be entirely out of gunshot, he fired, saying he would frighten them, if no more; when, to our surprise, he brought one down. The gun was loaded with ball, and Mr. Deblois told him he could not do it again in a million shots. Mr.
The ropes were fastened by some men, who had assembled for the relief of those on the vessel, and after much exertion and danger all on board were rescued from their perilous situation, and landed in safety. The following thrilling account of the destruction of the whale ship Ann Alexander, Captain John S. Deblois, of New Bedford, by a large sperm whale, is from the lips of the captain himself.
The next and last piece of this note-book was printed two years later than the preceding items, and after the death of the person who professed to own the manuscript, but still with the same degree of mystery, except in the matter of date. "Day before yesterday Mr. Thomas Little from Windham, Mr. M. P. Sawyer of Portland, Mr. Thomas A. Deblois, a lawyer, Mr.
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