About 9 P.M.

on the 28th June the N.E. wind con- siderably freshened and gradually in- creased until about 11 P.M., when it was considered that the fishing cobles which were still at sea, were in danger. The No. 1 Life-boat Robert and Mary Ellis was therefore launched and proceeded to two cobles which were in the roads and stood by them expecting others to come from the south, but about 3 A.M.

as no more cobles arrived she accom- panied the two over the bar and then returned ashore..