the 14th November the Life -boat Licensed Victualler was launched to rescue a boy who had bee.n left on board the smack Mermaid, of Grimsby, which vessel had parted from her cables while in charge of the boy and grounded 200 yards from the beach in a very rough, broken sea, while blowing hard at N.N.E.

But after a vain attempt (on account of the. shallowuess of the water), the Life- boat had to return to the shore, and the crew, forming a " hand-to-hand " line from the beach, as far as that was possible, the end meu swam the remaining dis- tance and brought the boy safely ashore.

This was at 7 P.M., long after dark..