At midday on the 27th January some of the life-boat crew saw a man in a canoe making his way down channel. A squally N.W.

breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. ' Although the man appeared to be in no need of immediate help, a watch was kept on him by the Swanage coastguard, Anvil lighthouse and St.

Aldhelm Head coastguard in turn. It had been arranged to send the motor life-boat Thomas Markby out on exer- cise, and when she was launched at 2 P.M. a look-out was kept for the canoe. It was seen in St. Albans Race, and the man could make no headway against the heavy swell running there.

Had he tried to make land, his canoe— the Lone Star—would have been smashed, and he would probably have been drowned. He was rescued and taken into Swanage with his canoe.

The life-boat returned to her station at 3.45 P.M. The occupant of the canoe, Mr. C. Sullivan, intends to make an attempt to travel by canoe from England to Australia.—Rewards, £6 12s..