The lecturer gave the following account of her voyagings:--
The craft made three landings in Ireland, and one in England,
and they were very near being captured several times. At no
time were they over twelve miles from a British man-of-war,
a frigate, ram, or gun-boat, and were continually annoyed by
pilots. They were at sea 107 days; 38 days from America to
Ireland, in which, they sailed 3,565 miles; 24 days round
the coast of Ireland and England, 2,023 miles; 47 days from
Ireland to America, 3,577 miles; making a grand total of 9,205
miles.
As regards the return voyage, the lecturer gave the following
information:--
On the return trip they had, in starting from the coast of
Ireland, one barrel sound bread, one barrel mouldy bread,
one rice, pork 6 lbs., one box fish, one barrel of beef, one
bushel of beans, two quarts of molasses, one-half lb. sugar,
tea and coffee in sufficient quantities, one-third rations
of water. They ran out of everything except bread and water
before reaching the Banks of Newfoundland, where they received
assistance from a fishing-smack, and again, off Boston, from
a vessel bound to San Francisco. They succeeded in landing the
entire cargo safely in America, and it is now in the hands of
the Fenian Brotherhood.
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