Capt, Davies was consulted ant his opinion sought, He volunteere? to put his entire Chinese stof at the disposal of the search party and all left in launches to sear the immediate coast, Two Mui es drew a blank but the port doctor's launch in which were Dr. Aylward and Mr. Charleten thought they saw, through glasses, bwo forlorn figures waving articles clothing on an island far distant, They made for the spot and nearing the island recognized the shipwrecked mariners. The island was too rocky to permit the launch to approach and heavy seas wore washing the sturdy craft. A wait had to be made and just before 11 o'clock a boat was launched and Dr, Aylward and Mr. Charleton made for the shore. After considerable difficulty they succeeded in taking on the two ost ones and the party returned to the launch. All were overjoyed at the reunion and little' in the way Jof censure was passed at this juncture. What happened tater, the Writer was not permitted to know. It is understood, however, that the matter was suitably taken up.
Thus ended happily an incident Which might have had fatal results. The sampan in which the boys brought up on the rocky shore of the island was water-logged and Junmanageable and had not the trio worked unceasingly for hours to reach the shore a different story might have had to have been written.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.