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A Small Sailing Boat

Again, on the 12th July, two lads, in a small sailing-boat, were driven out to sea during a strong wind from the S.S.W., and being unable to return, they dropped anchor, and tied a cravat on an oar, as a signal to those, on shore, which being ob- served, their brothers and some sailors put off to their assistance. The coxswain of the Life-boat also deemed it prudent to take out the boat to their aid; and on reaching them,-the two boats were taken in tow by the Life-boat, and soon brought to land..