He placed it in his desk, not expecting that the opportunity for sending it would so soon arrive.

In the course of the afternoon, there was some excitement on board, for a large homeward bound ship was sighted, which had been a good deal damaged by the storm.

She had been driven before the wind, and had borne the brunt of the gale before it had reached the _Burrawalla_, having sprung a leak which considerably impeded her course.

She hove to within hailing distance, and received the aid which the better condition of Captain Owen's ship enabled him to confer.

She was _The Dundee_ (Captain Elliotson), bound for Liverpool.