Other wise the admirable contour of the vessel was unaffected, and the beauty of her form abqve the water line, as seen from the shore, made it difficult to suppose that she was so complete a wreck as an examination of her " vital parts" revealed. In all parts of the vessel—on deck, in the cabins, in the holds, there was ac cumulated silent but suggestive evi dence of the hurry with which she had been deserted by the majority of her inmates, and of the preference which they had given fo life over the v things of this life." It was a peculiar significance of the very dispensable character of th? articles, that, in the saloon, scattered over the floor, were numbers of ladie^ crinolines, gentle men's " bill-toppers," boxes of " the linen finished, perfect-fittings (paper) collar," and other articles more of ornamental than of useful wear. On the poop deck there was a curious medley of boots and shoes, loaves of bread, the scattered contents of some cases of perfumery and physic, wet mail- bags, and a heap of valuables in the shape of compasses, clock?, and other " fixings" which the carpenter had busied himself in saving. In the after-hold, two hours bsfore high tide, the water was up to the lower deck, and soon aft^r, nearly to the upper deck; and as it rose, it disgorged dead sheep, and drenched balei and cases of goods, only one or two of which could be recovered. The galley and the store rooms were the only places to relieve the eye by their exceptional order—every thing had been left as it stood, In the fore-hold, where it was known there were some valuable cases, transhipped from the City of Dunedin, some attempts were mads to recover cargo, but except in one or two instances, they were futile. The goods which presented themselves 'most prominently were numerous cases of brandy, which, in their position, might form a considerable temptation to the wrecker or the smuggler, and at any rate promised soon to be afloat outside the vessel on their own individual account. 