Show thrown on desolate coast crew of wrecked french bark has an experience somewhat similar to that of the swiss family robinson A close paral el to some the id ventures recorded in swiss robinson is turn shed by to expert ances of the crew of the brechel french vessel anjou the survivors arnved in marseilles he other ay the anjou with a crew of twenty two and a cargo of corn left sydney tan 20 for gilrouth Fil routh an wis novt taken a tempest walh dr e it on fe f e rocks for an erti e night t e caw remained on the si big sh p at the scercy of the wap d nhen coining iame they foun that tt et were within p fc v dundr d itris of land but towering above ahm as a huge din the crew embar rd in three of the ship s boats the ship s ca at the last moment jumpa 1 into one of the boats and a few man tea later the abou settled 1 u tor choirs the wrecked men searched for an inlet while their frail boats were flung hither and thither by the huge seas toward night they ef fee ed a landing on the island on exploring the island the marin ers found a shelter containing a small store of food one of those erected by the new zealand govern ment on the desola e coasts of these islands on feb 8 te captain wrote in his diary killed fifteen alba crosses and keeping ten for to mor row we are all frozen with cold and weak from hunger we ate the alba crosses half raw thursday feb 9 made a large fire and dried our clothes killed some more albatrosses we caught some alive and tied lids of tin cans on which we scratched news of our plight round their wings ind set them tree later they jound an old pot a relic of some former wreck in which they were able to boil water and cook mus sels an expedition across the island was made on 20 and a f arther stor of food was found in ai other hut shoes were also discovered which the men afterward strengthened with wooden soles two wild goats were killed next day spoons were made of chels an improvised flag had been hoisted on the cliff and at last on may 7 a ship was sighted it was the hine mona commanded by capt bollan i for twenty years has been re v t aling the government depots on these inhospitable coasts the ship wrecker mariners were taken to syd ney |