A STRANGE TALE OF THE SEA. SIX DAYS WITHOUT FOOD.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 6976, 27 February 1890, Page 4

A STRANGE TALE OF THE SEA. SIX DAYS WITHOUT FOOD.

A private letter received at Brisbam states that James Fay, of Normantot-, r(cent'j went out about half a mile from the shore to fish io one of t*>« boatH of tbe steamer Dugong. Th weather was oaltn until the evening when the wind roce. F«y atterapte , to pull aehpr*, but thfl brnza increased | to a gale. After desperate efforts Fa) wan alm^t in touoh with th© land, when a fieroe iquall caught h'l boat, and, deapitt his greatest ejrationt o»r»ied it oat to lea aj;»in. Noting daunted, he oontiuafd rowing, an once more waa io oloae preiinity u the eh (re, when he wai agaiu swep away, Thoroughly ezhttueted and ii deepair, he duw gave op b 0 eflfort . The wind and Bfa were treruendou" but «bo boat rode the billowa br«v< "j and slipped but litt'e water, and thi> FHy baled ouN For two dayi tin boat was the sport of tbe waves, and then struck on to island, o»ps zing. Fay managed t) reach the anoie though in an exhausted condition. H found that the iiland wai over-rui with wild goati, one of which bf caught, and with aVuity nail be ble^ its neck, drinking tbe blood torn flowed irom tbe wound. Sleeping i»ftn tint draught, he awoke refreshed. Undaunted, he proceeded to explore tb< island, which, though a fairly largt one, is not named. A few days after wards a fiebermfti/d boat passed by, and neeiDg siguali of diitrevv oa tb< Island, put in and took Fay on board By this time he was reduced to a veij low state, but proper nour'shment, carefully lupplied, revived him. H« had been six days and five nights without focd or water.