A DARING DIVER.

Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1224, 30 October 1874, Page 4

A DARING DIVER.

Paul Boynton, a somewhat noted pearl-diver of Atlantic City, is soon to go to New York to make arrangements for what might reasonably be termed a hazardous undertaking. C. S. Merriman, of New York, the patentee of the lite-dress, has offered £SOO dollarß to Mr Boynton to make a seavoyuge in his suit, in order to demonstrate to the public its merits as a lifepreserver. He has accepted the proposal, and on or about the 25th ot September ho was to be carried from New York by an outward-bound steamer to a distance not less than two hundred niiies from land, when he will be dropped and left to the mercy of the waves until he shall meet a passing vessel. He will carry with him in a rubber bag sufficient rations, consisting of dried meats, &c, for one week, as well as a good quantity ot fresh water. He will also csirry signal lights and flags, with a sectional staff twelve feet long for raising them, all of which are to be stowed away in the unlimited portals of the rubber bag, which is about t" o feet square, and is little or no inconvenience, strapped to and floated at the side of the swimmer. The feat by many may be considered as deliberately challenging death, but Mr Boynton is very sanguine ot success, and even says that he would willingly allow himself to be left a thousand miles out, if necessary, without the slightest fears regarding his safe recovery. He places implicit confidence in the ivlerriman life-suit, and feels an anxiety to have its merits thoroughly tested and laid before the public. In order to accomplish this object he has chosen the mentioned date as the one when he will be most likely to encounter the severe equinoxial gales.