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away. He was then six miles off the land, he freed himself
from as much of his clothing as he possibly could , and continued
to float with the tide which was [dead?] against his reaching the
beach. After a short time the sky became overclouded and
a violent storm came on with flashing lightening and loud
peals of thunder most appaling to one in his dreadful position.
This passed away, and he saw the light from the upper
lighthouse at [Lowestoft?] and could now and then see the
cliffs beyond [Gortestone?] on the [[Suffolk]] coast. The tide took
over the [sand?] called the "Coves Ridge Land" and presently
he got close to the chequered [checkered] Buoy of "St. Nicholas Gatt"
off [[Yarmouth]], and [underline] right opposite his own door [end underline] he left
the Buoy, (and here I may add that when this woundrous
tale is told in [[Yarmouth]] it is sometimes asserted that
he got [underline] on [end underline] the Buoy, but it is well known from his
[underline] own [end underline] statement that he did [underline] not [end underline] get on it ) he left
the Buoy as stated, and just then heard a whizzing
sound with a sort of shriek and splash in the water
and found a large gull had made a dash at him
mistaking him as Brock supposed for a corpse, and
immediately he had an immense number about him
and could only [stave?] them off by shouting and
splashing the water with his hands and feet. (Chamber's Journal)
He now caught sight of a vessel at anchor
but a great way off, and in a short time the wind
changed, and from the swell [raised?] he got a deal
of water into his mouth and throat, he made for
the vessel and when about two or three hundred [yards?]
off he shouted as loud as he could and they fortunately
heard him a boat as lowered and he was soon
in safety on board. after having floated with the
tide and sometimes swimming for [underline] seven [end underline] hours
in an October night, it being about 1 o'clock when
the boat rescued him.

Every kindness was shown him but he fainted
and continuted insensible for many hours, his

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