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A SHIP FOUND AFTER FIFTY YEARS. 51
" There is a cnrious story in connection witli it. In 1816 a ship, the
Canton, sailed from Sitka, and was supposed to have been lost at sea, as
she never reached her destination. Fifty years later this island was dis-
covered, and upon it was part of the wreck of the Canton. There were
traces of the huts which were built by the crew during their stay, and it
was evident that they constructed a smaller vessel from the fragments of
the wreck, and sailed away in it."
" And were lost in it, I suppose?"
" Undoubtedly, as nothing has ever been heard from them. They did
not leave any history of themselves on the island, or, at any rate, none was
ever found."
At this moment the steward rang the pireparatory bell for dinner, and
IN THE FIRE-KOOM.