Dover, Kent.—At 6.35 in the even- ing of the 3rd of May, 1952, the police reported that six boys were trapped by the tide between Fan Bay and St.

Margaret's, and at 8.50 the life-boat Thomas Markby, on temporary duty at the station, left her moorings. The sea was moderate with a moderate easterly breeze blowing. The life- boat found five of the boys on a ledge.

They had tried to walk to Dover along the foot of the cliffs. The life-boat went as close to them as she could, but grounded thirty feet from them. A life-boatman waded to the ledge and carried the boys to the life-boat. They said that the sixth boy was to the east of the South Foreland Lighthouse.

The life-boat searched along the coast, and found him. The life-boatman again waded ashore, and carried the boy out to the life-boat. She reached her station again at 8.35.—Rewards, £5 15s..