A moment or two after both men had gone on board the boat, Mr M'Clel land distinctly heard Bowman addressing his companion in a peremptory but excited tone, commanding him to keep quiet and sit still, and again he cried out "Be still ! steady ! " Then for an interval of a minute or two there was a deep and ominous silence, during which nothing was heard but the familiar rush and swish of the water. Almost before he had time to think or to suspect that there was trouble abroad, Mr M'Clelland heard a fearful, half-smothered cry, " Oh ! oh ! " .and then there was silence again. In an instant he was on the river bank, and all he could see was the boat still hanging, even keel, on the rope, but half full of water, with the paddle and rowlocks undisturbed on board. But of the two unfortunate men, nothing was to be seen. twenty minutes afterwards the boat, without a directing or guiding hand on board, was sent along the rope by the impetus of the water and brought up safely by the side of the dredge. Later on she was swept away off the rope, and in the early morning she was found bottom upwards on the beach a mile or two down the river. It is difficult to account for the disappearance of the men from the boat, bearing in mind the fact that she did not capsize, and that everything was seen to be intact on board her after the accident. The only plausible theory is that, being light, too light, indeed, for such work, and having no grip in the water, she was whipped half over i the moment she went broadside on into the current, and the men, after a struggle or two~ to hold on and right her, were jerked into the water and disappeared. It is quite easy to understand that young Bobertson, without either knowledge or experience, should lose his nerve in such a situation, and not improbably hamper the efforts of the cooler and more experienced man. 