At the end of that time, the dense smoke which had nearly hidden her from our view, suddenly became one enveloping mass of flame.

It was a beautiful, yet appalling sight, to see that noble vessel thus burning upon the breast of the sea! For nearly an hour her form, sheeted in fire, stood out distinctly against the face of the sky, and then she went down, and left only a few charred and mutilated fragments afloat upon the surface to tell of her doom.
"During the night that followed, it stormed terribly, and in it our boat was separated from the other two.

We never met again, and for all I have ever learned to the contrary, those that were saved in them from the burning ship perished from hunger, or were overwhelmed by some eager wave of the ocean.
"The four men of the ship's crew, with the captain and male passengers, labored alternately at the oars, but with little effect.
Heavy seas, and continued stormy weather, rendered of little avail all efforts to make much headway toward any port.

Our main hope was that of meeting with some vessel.

But this hope mocked us day after day.