us pleasure to be able to record another instance of the Chinese authorities having rendered valuable assistance to shipwrecked searaen. The German barque Manila IT was stranded on the coast of the province of Shantung last December, and the whole crew, of whom there were thirteen, were taken safely to Chefoo, and rerimbursemont of expenses actually incurred by the mandarins was refused. The following is taken from the vessel's Jog-book:—Left Hongkong on the 10th of November, and all went well till the 22ud of December. About four o'clock on the morning of that day, the weather became thick and foggy, with occasional snow-storms. At six o'clock we sighted the coast, and, thinking it to be the North East Promontory, tried to turn the ship round, when we suddenly felt a heavy shock, and discovered that we wore arock, All sail was immediately taken in, the lead was have, and we found that the vessel was aground forward but that there were five fathoms of water at her stern, The carpenter was sent down into the hold to ascertain if the ship was making water, and he reported that she was leaking badly, The tide was falling, and the water in the hold was so rapidly that we saw that even could got the ship off, it would be impor sible to keep her afloat with the pumps, We then got two boats ready. At daylight we saw the land at a distance of three or four mi and we then knew that we were on the Ears Rock. Since we had last seen land, our chronometer had changed 80 considerably that we were twenty-two minutes more to the west than we expected. As it was impossible to save the ship, we resolved to abandon her and. take to' the boats. After putting some provisions and water into the boats, we left the vessel on the 23rd of December at ten o'clock in the morning, and made for the shore. As we approached it, we saw a great many people watching us. ' They sent out two boats that took us in tow and brought us safely to the shore among the rocks and breakers. Our things were landed, and as the people behaved in a very friendly manner towards us, we tried on the same day to return to the ship, hoping to save the nautical instruments and as many of our effects as possible, but the wind, which now began to blow, prevented us from carrying out our intention. We were ther conducted to a fishing village, where the
morning we saw that the ship was lying on people did all they could for us. The next one side, and that she was lower in the water forward than on the previous day. We went to her with four fishing junks, and as we approached we saw two boats leaving her. Prom their actions we judged them to be wreckers and accordingly pursued them, but. ineffectual.
The fore-part of the ship was under wat as far as the deck, and the rudder been washed away. The fishing people at first declined to put us on board, but at last we succeeded in getting there, and we then found that everything moveable in the forecastle and in the cabins had been away. Wo took some more provisions and returned to the shore, the fishermen being afraid of bad weather. The next day a mandarin of high rank came to the place and told us that everything would be done for us, and suggested that we should wait afew days. He promised that a Chinese gunboat should be sent from Chefoo to take there. After waiting three days, however, were escorted overland to that place, where we arrived on the first of January. For these services, as we have stated above, the Chinese refused to accept payment but doubtless this display of kindness on their part will not be allowed to pass by the German authorities without suitable recognition.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.