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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Wreck on the Andamans, by Joseph Darvall This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Wreck on the Andamans Author: Joseph Darvall Release Date: March 22, 2009 [EBook #28388] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WRECK ON THE ANDAMANS *** Produced by Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) THE WRECK ON THE ANDAMANS: BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE VERY REMARKABLE PRESERVATION, AND ULTIMATE DELIVERANCE, OF THE SOLDIERS AND SEAMEN, WHO FORMED THE SHIPS' COMPANIES OF THE RUNNYMEDE AND BRITON TROOP-SHIPS, BOTH WRECKED ON THE MORNING OF THE 12TH OF NOVEMBER, 1844, UPON ONE OF THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS, IN THE BAY OF BENGAL. _TAKEN FROM AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS_ BY JOSEPH DARVALL, Esq. _At the request of_ CAPT. CHARLES INGRAM, AND CAPT. HENRY JOHN HALL, _Owners of the Runnymede._ "The dangers of the sea, All the cares and all the fears, When the stormy winds do blow." (_Song._) LONDON: PELHAM RICHARDSON, 23, CORNHILL. 1845. PELHAM RICHARDSON, PRINTER, 23, CORNHILL. PREFACE. The Author, owing to circumstances, has had access to authentic documents and facts, relating to one of the most remarkable shipwrecks which have ever happened, that of the troop-ships Runnymede and Briton, on the morning of the 12th of November, 1844, upon one of the Andaman Islands. In reading these, it struck him forcibly, that the circumstances, if thrown into the shape of a narrative, would form not only an interesting publication, but would serve as a monument of the cool intrepidity and judicious presence of mind of British officers, soldiers, and seamen, in a time of remarkable trial. They also tend to illustrate in a very striking manner the
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