A LONELY VOYAGE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 188, 3 November 1876, Page 8

A LONELY VOYAGE.

Mtee Gekshon, who has been on a visit to London, returned by the steamer 'Greece.' He reports that in mid-ocean, the watch at the bow reported to the captain that he descried ahead what seemed to be a part of a -wreck. A.s it neo.red the ship the object was discovered to be a small skiff, and in the darkness the figure of one man was descried. The captain immediately gave orders to stop the engines, and to get the ropps ready to pull the man on j board. The sea was running high. The skiff came quite near to the ship, appearing and disappearing at intervals — now on the top of an immense wave level with the deck of the vessel, the next minute hidden from sight in the billows. The captain, calling to know who was in the boat, was answered in a strong German accent : "I am Jack Andrews, from Gloucester, Ma,ss." He told further that he was bound to Liverpool ; that his skiff was named f Centennial,' and that he had been out fifteen day. He then asked the captain to compare reckonings. His was long. 43, lat. 39; the captain's was the same. Andrews informed the captain that he slept by day, and before going to sleep he took in his rudder and took down all sails ; duiing sleep his craft drifted with the waves. He was awake at nights. The captain made a final appeal to him to come on board, stating that if he refused he would probably regret it when the vessel was out of his reach. To this Andrews emphatically answered, "No, sir; good night," and throwing his sails to the wind was soon lost to sight. Andrews sits in the centre of his boat with a lamp burning before him, exposing the dial of what seemed to be a compass. The deck afore and aft is covered with canvass, under which, besides the compass and lamp, were several barrels, containing, no doubt, provisions, water, etc. NothiDg has been heard of Andrews since that night. ■ — ' Troy Press.'