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Show SAILORS MAD WITH HUNGER. Shipwrecked Crew Nearly Starved When Sighted by Ship. Lyttelton, N. Z. Tho Hritlsh warship war-ship Pegasus has arrived hero with Capt. Noel and 21 members of tho crew of tho French bnrk Felix Faure, which was wrecked In tho antipodes. The men had been on the Island seven weeks, following tho wrecking of tho boat on a reef. Tho crew of 22 had to scramhlo Into a boat to save their lives, and effected a landing with no clothes save those they had on. Happily for tho shipwrecked mariners marin-ers tho Now Zealand government keep a quantity of provisions on tho Islnnd, to bo used In enso of emergency, and tho castaways wore able to llvo on them. Tho supply, however, was becoming be-coming exhausted as week succeeded week, and no prospect of roscuo scemod likely, and tho rations had to be ro duced to such tin extent that tho mor becamo ravonous for food, nnd gave up nil hope of rescue. Out of tho wreckago washed nshort nails woro obtained, and theso wor mado Into llsh hooks to catch llsh. On sovernl occasions messages writ ten In pencil were fastened to tin neck of un albatross, recounting the loss of their ship and their sad plight in the hope that tho birds might b captured, nnd thus secure nsslstanct for tho castaways. Ono of theso messages was bolni written, In which tho men snld al hope was nbnudoned, when tin PcgnBiis was sighted, and that vesse took off tho crow, who were nlmos mad with hunger. |