ILFRACOMBE.—On the 27th May, 1894, the coastguard reported to the coxswain of the Life-boat that a dismasted vessel was lying off Heale Bay, nearly half a mile from the point. A moderate breeze was blowing from N.N.W., the weather was equally and the sea rough. At 6.30 A.M.

the Life-boat Co-operator No. 2 was launched, and on reaching the vessel found she was the pilot cutter Excel, of Cardiff. The Life-boat remained by her until, having rigged up a jury mast and weighed her anchor, she safely entered the harbour..