On the following day the Kingsdowne Life-boat put off while it was blowing strongly from the S.W., and remained for some time alongside the ship Abyssinia, which had gone on the Goodwin Sands, but which was got off the Sands with the aid of a Deal lugger. The last service these valuable boats performed in 1872 was a very gallant and praiseworthy one, as will be seen by the following account, which is taken from the depositions made by the coxswains arid crews of the Walmer and Kingsdowne Life-boats.