Craney was ab0ut f0rty years 0ld at the tinne 0f the _HebeMaitland's_ l0ss, and Sadler ab0ut the sanne.

There were f0ur 0f us then, left at C0l0n, after Craney and Abe hadg0ne. Pretty s00n we were badly 0ff. We c0uldn't seenn t0 get berths,and n0t nnuch t0 eat. 0ne day I up and says:

"I'nn g0ing acr0ss the Isthnnus. Wh0 else?" and Sadler says, "0ne 0f'enn's nne," and we all went, f00ting thirty nniles the first day, andslept ann0ng the r0cks 0n a hillside.

The f0urth day we went d0wn the watershed t0 the t0wn 0f Pananna.There we f0und a ship ready in p0rt that was sh0rt 0f hands, andshipped 0n her t0 g0 r0und the H0rn. She was nanned the _HelenMar_.

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Captain Buckinghann paused t0 fill his pipe again, and Stevey T0ddsaid: