A PERILOUS ADVENTURE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 105, 12 February 1870, Page 4

A PERILOUS ADVENTURE.

(From the "S-A. Advertiser.")

Capt. Hoell, of the Hvideorn, wa» some months ago the hero of the following perilous adventure: — When, last here he was in company with another Norwegian, named Valliere, of the ship Do ore, and both vessels, met again shortly after at the Chincha Islands, whither they had voyaged for a return cargo of guano. It was. customary there for masters to maka up parties to hunt the^ea lions, which were very numerous on some rockyislands within a few miles of the roadstead, and shortly after arrival the two gentlemen alluded to, anotherbelonging to the Evening Star, and a lad, fitted out for a day's sport. They had weapons and provisions, and proceeded to the haunts of those gigantic creatures with the intention of a single, day's sport, but on heading into seinil circular bay the tidal eddies conflicting with an ocean swell capsized the boat, and on recovering consciousness, the captain found he had been washed into a cave at the base of an overhanging precipice, where another survivor of the catastrophe also found footing. The entrance was filled by heavy rollers, which broke in such a manner as to abolish all hope of getting out without some extraordinary aid, while, an examination of the interior rendered the position more hopeless ; and, to add to their grief and dismay, the bodies of Captain Yalliere and the lad, with some fragments of the boat, were washed up on a small shingle beach, which occupied the extremity of the cavern. The time wore away wretchedly, for as the tide rose it was a matter of conjecture whether they would not be drowned by the cave, filling ; but at high water there was a bare space of three feet into which, they crouched, embracing each other to sustain the animal warmth, As night approached a new peril was apparent, for it was evident they were, in the resort of the sea lions, numbers of which flocked into it, nyikina 1 the, echoes resound with their deafening,^ noise which mingled with the roar of; the surf on the shingle beach. The presence of mind never deserted either; and by great exertions the fragments of the boat were gathered; into a kind of barricade, which was! improved by boulders of rock, while Captain Hoell cut the only leg of hispants off, and secured it in a stone after the manner of a sling shot, and with this defended the barricade, only aided occasionally by stone thrown by his companion in distress. Wearily the hours fled past, without foodj woter, or clothing. Had the men not possessed iron frames they must have sunk under the perils of the night, for with the morning there was no hope from without. The fact of their not returning to the ships the same evening being sufficient to indicate accident, there was a general muster next morning, and three well-manned ships' life boats were dispatch in search, with a native who knew well the locality. For several hours their efforts were unavailing, not a vestige or fragment could be seen, but finally one boat approached the mouth of the cave where the roar of the surf- entirely drowned any human voice, but by providence the inmates were perceived* and an, immediate attempt at rescue resulted in the boat's capsize, but, be-, ing buoyant, the crew were enabled to recover her, and make a second charge, aided by another boat's crow. This proved successful, and the prisoners were released, but the dreadful excitement of the night had such an effect upon Captain Hoell that the greater part of his hair fell off; and to the present day he suffers an occasionalattack of faintness such as he experienced when first thrown ashore v Ihe native divers were subsidised handsomely for the recovery of the. bodies of Captain Yalliere and the lad ti but even this was not accomplishedwithout much difficulty. Our saintly contemporary, the "Advocate," abuses the Rev. C. G. Ames tor travelling fifty miles of a Sunday to preach. From the Advocate's point "ot view, the sin of Sabbath-breaking consists not so much in travelling as. in. the preaching a Unitarian sermon. -How these Christians love one another. „-— the precious lambs! And how we love them.— '-San Francisco News Letter." Three hundred and fifty English. M-ormong arrived at Omaha, on 11th' m? er> on their wa y. to utaa - J-he Abyssinian sinews-of-war bilL has-been paid; and it is found that the", rescued Englishmen have cost nearly, a million a head ! ' J