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Press, Volume XLIV, Issue 6905, 10 November 1887, Page 6

Ax Adventurous Votage.—On the arrival of the Marine Board at Twofold Bay, New South Wales, recently (says the correspondent of the Daily Telegraph) Captain Bourne Russell, Harbor Master, reported some extraordinary circumstances attending the voyage of the French barque Julie, which has put .in here short of provisions, and suffering from the effects of heavy weather. The Julie is over 100 days out from Huiaboldt Bay with a cargo of red-wood for Melbourne. She encountered a succession of heavy gales, which smashed in the bulwarks and swept away the whole of her deck cargo of timber, borne weeks ago the provisions ran short, and after the crew had been living on reduced rations for some time, they were compelled to exist as best they could on albatross flesh and on rats, -which were captured on the ship by the half-starved sailors. According to the information gathered by Captain Russell, the crew had, prior to reaching Twofold Bay, been living principally on a dish which he described as stewed rats. The barque is now lying in the bay awaiting the services of a friendly steamer to tow her oat to sea, so that she may proceed to Melbourne.