About 10 P.M.

on the 9th June it was reported that a punt, named the Sapid, belonging to Southwold, had not returned ashore.

As the wind was blowing strongly O O t' from E. by S., accompanied by a very nasty sea, the No. 2 Life-boat Rescue was launched, and for a time searched for the missing boat; in the darkness, however, she could not bo found. The Coxswain then remained at sea until daybreak, when the punt was seen about a mile away. The Life-boat at once made for it, and succeeded, about 4 A.M., in bringing both it and the four occupants ashore in safety..