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Show Nnrt Llfa rr.trvr- HH An Improved or protected breeches H buoy ha been Invented by Lieut O. HJ II.. MclAillan, nspect6r ot the Uft-iAV U Ing service on the Jersey coatt Tat flj favorite method of landing shipwreck- M ed people when the wreck lies near M enough to the beach to enable tht surf- Bl men to shoot a line over the vessel H from the shore Is the us of the breeches buoy, which Is simply a big H cork life-preserver, fitted with a short HJ pair of canvas trousers or trunks. Tk H shipwrecked person put on tht pre- H server and the buoy Is hauled back and M forth from the wreck by men on the H beach by meant ot tacklt All objt- H ttons to this old buoy will be overcome H by the sew and protected prtterver M dttlgned by Lieut McLellan, wbltk M will soon be Introduced all through the H service. Surrounding the brtecbts, HJ through which a person thrust kl 'M legs, Is a canvas bsg This affords aa H extra protection against the sta There H It a valve at tha bottom, through Isssl which any water that comes ovtr tb - buoy Is automatically ejected It 1 B said that women show much less he- BJ Itancy In trusting themtelvet to the BJ new-style buoy than to the old one. B New York Mall and Express. B |