They examined the sea with the most careful attention.
They saw nothing but a strong eddy about three cables' length distant, as if the surface had been violently agitated.

The bearings of the place were taken exactly, and the Moravian continued its route without apparent damage.

Had it struck on a submerged rock, or on an enormous wreck?
They could not tell; but, on examination of the ship's bottom when undergoing repairs, it was found that part of her keel was broken.
This fact, so grave in itself, might perhaps have been forgotten like many others if, three weeks after, it had not been re-enacted under similar circumstances.

But, thanks to the nationality of the victim of the shock, thanks to the reputation of the company to which the vessel belonged, the circumstance became extensively circulated.
The 13th of April, 1867, the sea being beautiful, the breeze favourable, the Scotia, of the Cunard Company's line, found herself in 15 deg.

12' long.