A PERILOUS VOYAGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2751, 1 March 1890, Page 6 (Supplement)

A PERILOUS VOYAGE.

A French fisherman, owning a small boat, crossed in his craft with two companions from the Algerian coast to a port called Carro, near Marseilles lately. The voyage was of a most perilous character, owing to the stormy weather. The daring fishers, moreover, put out to sea without a cpmpass, and simoly trusted to

luck inorder togiin the European shore. Fouque, the owner of the boat, had embarked in a steamer bound from Marseilles to Oran some time ago, taking wi: h him his boat aud his companions. He had expected to do some profitable fishing in African waters, but his sanguine hopes were doomed to bitter disippoint ment, and he accordingly determined to throw himself on the mercy of the elemen s, and to return home to France

in his small boat. On November 1 he put out to sea, but had to return owiusr to squalls. On the 6th of the same month he again left Oran, aud made for Cape be Paliz, north of Cartagena, in Spain. He succeeded in reaching Cape de Gata, iu Algeria, but he and his companions were badly welcomed by the inhabitants of this part of the coast of Spain, so he made for Cartagena, which he reached towards Nov. 17- Thence he proceeded to Barcelona, where he arrived after a rough time, and at last entered French waters at Port Vendres, in the Department of the Pyrenees Orientales. The boat, although much damaged, was put to rights, and the three intrepid fishers reached their final destination on Dec, 7, after a voyage of 31 days, during which they traversed 900 leagues of the unknown sea without compass or any other instrument U3ed by navigators.