A fresh breeze which sprung up during the night gave the captain assurance that his passage would soon be terminated; and terminated it was, but in a manner he hardly anticipated, and which he certainly had not desired.

The brig had not been fifteen minutes under way when the dreadful sound of breakers was heard a sound which strikes dismay to a sailor's heart.

The dark cloud in the west proved to be the mountains of Martinico, and the brig was dashed upon the shore.

The vessel and cargo were lost, and it was with difficulty the crew were saved.
Captain Tilton, however, was a good navigator.

He had been a European trader, understood and practised "lunar observations," and always knew with sufficient accuracy the position of the brig.
Few things surprised me more on my first voyage to sea than the sudden and mysterious manner in which the coverings of the head were spirited away from the decks of the Dolphin.