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fishermen t o the e a at .var -d of t he bar-ber- did not s ee the shi p that made
in at Freshwater, but vhe n t.be fog lifted they
sighted something large about N.n.E.
CrOll them, vhfch some .!'laid must
be Duck I s l ilnd, but a f t er -va r -de turned out to be
the Great Easrt ern , As the morning gre w t he fog df eper-eed and ex po sed the r emainder
of the ships, and it turned out to be a l ove ly bright summer day.
The Gr eat Ea et.ern , a f t er laying ",hat oc ea n cab l e va s required, buoye d t he en d
Mod proce eded in t he harbor a bou t 11 A .M.
The Med wOily picke d up t he ocean cab le j ust out side the harbor , sp lice d on the
shor e-end Rod proceeded towards t he I a nddng pkace , opposite the pre se nt ca ble
officf'J . H.t-f.S . Terribl e 611 80 took up her berth t o t he South of t he Gr e a t Eastern .
The Hed w. y procee ded t.ovard s t he shor e a e ne ar
a s possibl e and cropped ancbcr-,
and the shore -end ....at! transferred to t he boat. a a nd brought to the shor e . The
sailors ve r -e so ex ci t e d tha t
they ju.. pe d in t he va t e r- to their wa i st s an d pull ed
it into the beach, f1nddst e nt hu sias t i c ch ee r-Ing an d shouting .
A l i t t le episode ha ppen ed j ust at t his t.Le re, ebo....ine the pluck a nd da r-dug of
t he ladles. One of them , Ht-e , J ohn Bemister , (Wife of the l ate Sher iff Bemiste r
of Har-bor- Gr ace) wa s so enthusiastic over th~ pu l ling of t he cab le tha t (to have
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