The Archive · 1870

Little Up, Little Cup

Air.—" Little Bird, Little Bind," Claribal

Little Cup, Little Cup, nice Cup of tea Ab how nich pleasure we gather from thee Spirituous liquors are we me, Down with the Sherry, let us have tea, Tup West, Quriy len, bloc at of ton Abs Tiow the Cha-soon do run after thee; Markee their limits whatever they be, They get unsteady at aight of new tes. aero up tenning Os true Cape bndpataacacon ans So: Dont they scandal over their to"

Dang'rous leaf, When sha Not till thei The N.-Ger. barque "G. F. Haendel," Cay Saunders, left Cardiff Dec. 24th 1869, with 1300 tons of coal forthe P. & 0. Ca. On the 29th experienced a heavy gale of wind from 'S.W.; afterwards favorable weather. Crossed the Equator Jan. 27th, 70 long. 25 W., carried light S.E. trades. March 3rd, lat. "42°53 S. Jong. 0-1 B. sighted an i about 50 feet high, and on the 4th, one about 60 feet high. Passed the meridian of the Cape March 7th, Jat. 42.8. Off the Cape experienced a fearful hurricane with heavy sea, carried away the bulwarks, and being deeply laden were obliged to throw some of the cargo overboard to Tighten her. Passed Anger April 1]th; met ith, strong head winds China sea. On the Gth May lat. 11°38 N. long. 113-15 was in the centre of a typhoon, and was obliged to run before it to get clear of it; it lasted three days, and ship again carried away her bulwarks and lost several sails, and her side lamps; after which had strong winds and les to reaching the Saddles; took pilot May i jgutcd the barque Walton"

Hedeich' had loot er jibbody main and fore: jue Iron" top-masts and top-gallant-moste in the same typhoon as in above report.

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